Symptom Burden and Functional Gains in a Cancer Rehabilitation Unit.

Background/aims: To determine if there is a relationship between patient symptoms and functional improvement on inpatient rehabilitation.

Methods: Retrospective review of medical records at an American tertiary referral-based cancer center of all patients admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation unit between 3/1/2013-5/20/2013. Main outcome measures included the Edmonton Symptom and Assessment Scale (ESAS) and Functional Independence Measure (FIM).