Comparing the efficacy of a multi-dimensional breast cancer rehabilitation programme versus a home-based exercise programme during adjuvant cancer treatment.

Background: Breast cancer is the most common female malignancy worldwide and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Exercise during adjuvant treatment improves function and relieves symptoms in breast cancer survivors. However, it is unclear if an unsupervised exercise programme may be as effective as a supervised multimodal group.

Identifying Clinically Important Functional Impairments and Rehabilitation Needs in Cancer Survivors and a Pilot Validation of the Cancer Rehabilitation Questionnaire.

Objectives: Despite the availability of cancer rehabilitation, utilization at our institution was low. We designed the Cancer Rehabilitation Questionnaire (CRQ) to investigate the prevalence of functional impairments amongst cancer survivors and attitudes towards rehabilitation participation. We evaluated the performance of CRQ as a screening tool for detecting clinically important physical dysfunction.