About this episode

This episode focuses on cancer rehabilitation and its importance in helping survivors restore function and quality of life.

On this episode of INside the OUTcomes, we shine the spotlight on an important and rapidly evolving field in healthcare: cancer rehabilitation. Following a cancer diagnosis, patients often develop neurological, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and other impairments caused by the disease and its aggressive treatments. In fact, more than 8 million cancer survivors experience functional limitations. Fortunately, cancer rehabilitation can help patients maintain and/or restore their function and quality of life. To learn more, we speak with two special guests: Samman Shahpar, MD , is section chief of cancer rehabilitation at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. He has dedicated his career to changing the culture of cancer care and has extensive experience in assessing and treating cancer survivors of all diagnoses. Ishan Roy, MD, PhD , is an attending physician and research scientist at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. He specializes in cancer rehabilitation and the study of cachexia — a muscle-wasting syndrome that affects nearly half of all patients with cancer and contributes to weight and muscle loss, weakness and fatigue. Find the podcast on ⁠ Spotify ⁠ , ⁠ Apple Podcasts⁠ or ⁠ YouTube ⁠ and browse…

People in this episode

Guests: Samman Shahpar, MD, Ishan Roy, MD, PhD

Topics covered

• cancer rehabilitation
• functional limitations
• quality of life
• neurological impairments
• musculoskeletal impairments
• cardiovascular impairments

Keywords

• cancer rehabilitation
• functional limitations
• quality of life
• neurological impairments
• musculoskeletal impairments
• cachexia
• Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research

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