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- - The uptake of prehabilitation in Europe is low despite evidence showing its effectiveness, mainly due to limited awareness, understanding, and infrastructure issues.
- - The authors propose a new, comprehensive definition of prehabilitation and highlight differentiated thyroid cancer as particularly suitable for this approach.
- - To enhance implementation, the authors suggest practical solutions like personalization of programs, raising awareness, proving effectiveness, expanding teams, leveraging networks, and applying lessons from COVID-19.
Article Abstract
Despite a growing body of evidence for the effectiveness of prehabilitation, the uptake of prehabilitation in Europe remains low. Contributing factors range from limited awareness and understanding of prehabilitation to a lack of supporting infrastructure and reimbursement challenges. In this position paper, the authors propose a new comprehensive definition of prehabilitation and identify differentiated thyroid cancer as a type of cancer particularly well-suited for prehabilitation. To support clinicians with the implementation of prehabilitation programs in their clinics, the authors discuss the following practical solutions: a) find the most appropriate prehabilitation program for each patient; b) raise awareness among peers; c) develop evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of prehabilitation; d) expand the interdisciplinary team; e) expand your network and make use of existing assets; f) utilize learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11133508 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30723 | DOI Listing |
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