Considerations regarding the rehabilitation of oncological patients with neuropathies

The most common reason for which oncological patients come in the rehabilitation clinics, is pain. This can have various etiologies which are related or not to the neoplasia. In both cases, pharmacotherapy and the physical-kinetic-therapy should be individualized. Over the time, the therapeutic approach for these patients varied due to the fear of not harming. Nowadays, we can count on a few studies when applying various medical treatments and physical-kinetic modalities. An interdisciplinary team should collaborate to treat the pain during the course of illness of an oncological patient. The availability of professionals from major disciplines is essential to offering comprehensive care. However, each specialist must know their medical field in order to give the patient the best treatment. Thus, doctors in other specialties than physical medicine and rehabilitation should provide a more accurate diagnosis of neoplasia as co-present diseases, so the rehabilitation doctors to prescribe proper physical-kinetic procedures and rehabilitation modalities. Keywords: pain, neoplasia, rehabilitatio