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ArticleJournal of pain and symptom management2020

Cancer Rehabilitation and Palliative Care-Exploring the Synergies.

Rabeya A Chowdhury, Frank P Brennan, Matthew D Gardiner

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Article in Journal of pain and symptom management, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Connected by Nature: Nature-Based Intervention to Support Young Adults with Advanced Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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  4. Rehabilitation in patients with primary brain tumors: a scoping review of current guideline recommendations.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  14. Reasons for non-participation in cancer rehabilitation: a scoping literature review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  19. Quality of life in terminally ill cancer patients: what is the role of using complementary and alternative medicines?Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rabeya A ChowdhuryCalvary Health Care, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
Frank P BrennanCalvary Health Care, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia; The St George Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia; The University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Matthew D GardinerCalvary Health Care, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia; The St George Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia; The University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: Matthew.Gardiner@health.nsw.gov.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With perpetual research, management refinement, and increasing survivorship, cancer care is steadily evolving into a chronic disease model. Rehabilitation physicians are quite accustomed to managing chronic conditions, yet, cancer rehabilitation remains unexplored. Palliative care physicians, along with rehabilitationists, are true generalists, who focus on the whole patient and their social context, in addition to the diseased organ system. This, together with palliative care's expertise in managing the panoply of troubling symptoms that beset patients with malignancy, makes them natural allies in the comprehensive management of this patient group from the moment of diagnosis. This article will explore the under-recognized and underused parallels and synergies between the two specialties as well as identifying potential challenges and areas for future growth.

Indexed as

Hospice and Palliative Care NursingMedicineNeoplasmsChronic DiseaseHumansPalliative CareCancerexercisepalliative careQoLrehabilitationsynergy

Identifiers

PMID32768554
PMCPMC7406418

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