Symposium

Compare and Contrast Multi-disciplinary Cancer Rehabilitation Approaches to Optimizing Function During Prehabilitation for Head and Neck and Breast Cancer 4507

Corresponding Presenter(s)

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  Sruti Manvi, PT, DPT, CLT (she/her/hers)

  Physical Therapist
  Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation
  Frisco, TX, United States

  Slides
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  Alaina M. Newell, PT, DPT (she/her/hers)

  ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation Director of Education
  Select Medical
  Littleton, CO, United States

  Slides

Presenter(s)

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  Jessica Bertram, PT, DPT, CLT

  Physical Therapist
  Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation
  Grapevine, TX, United States
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  Amber Weinheimer, PT, DPT, CLT (she/her/hers)

  Physical Therapist
  Select Physical Therapy
  San Antonio, TX, United States
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  Deanna Meehan, PT, DPT, CLT

  Physical Therapist
  Kessler Rehabilitation Center
  Scotch Plains, NJ, United States

Multimodal oncology treatment side effects often decrease physical function and quality of life. Cancer prehabilitation is a preventive approach to mitigate functional decline resulting from cancer and its treatments. Rehabilitation specialists evaluate and assess and design interventions to optimize the person's function before and during cancer treatment. Using standardized outcome measures, clinicians establish an individual's baseline functional level and determine functional status compared to population norms. The goals of this symposium are to explore the similarities and differences between the prehabilitation approach for two distinct cancer types (breast and head and neck). The session will clarify the roles played by multidisciplinary rehabilitation team members and provide evidence-based recommendations of the key elements for the evaluation and assessment of prehabilitation patients. Additionally, the session will provide a practical guide on establishing a therapeutic alliance to educate patients, caregivers, and other cancer care team members on the benefits of early intervention.

Learning Objectives:

• Distinguish head and neck from breast cancer prehabilitation within prospective surveillance model of cancer care.
• Examine the roles of multidisciplinary team members within oncology prehabilitation
• Determine key clinical outcomes including patient reported outcomes to use during prehabilitation evaluation to forecast cancer rehabilitation treatment trajectory.
• Construct an effective plan of care including short and long-term goals throughout the cancer continuum for head and neck and breast cancers.
• Illustrate the importance of therapeutic alliance during prehabilitation for therapeutic adherence and optimization of function before, during and beyond cancer treatment.
• Distinguish head and neck from breast cancer prehabilitation within prospective surveillance model of cancer care.