Swedish Cancer Institute Rehabilitation Medicine
Swedish Cancer Institute Rehabilitation Medicine
The Providence Swedish Cancer Institute, in collaboration with Swedish Outpatient Rehabilitation Services, offers a wide range of cancer rehabilitation services.
With your cancer rehabilitation physicians at the Providence Swedish Cancer Institute, you will work with an expert team that includes physical, occupational, and speech-language therapists, nutritionists, and other supportive care providers.
Cancer rehabilitation integrates medical management of cancer treatment-related side effects and a variety of exercise therapies. Participation in Swedish Cancer Rehab is integral to your recovery and wellbeing. Your cancer rehabilitation plan will be created, implemented, and managed based on your individual symptoms, lifestyle, and goals.
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- Evaluation and medical management of cancer treatment-related side effects and pre-existing barriers to everyday activity.
- An evaluation of your cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, flexibility, and activity goals.
- Physical and occupational therapy that helps address specific physical challenges resulting from cancer and its treatment. Examples include lymphedema, loss of motion, and skin tightness after surgery or radiation treatment.
- Education and counseling about the medical facts of your cancer, how they undermine well-being and how you can relate to them in a way that is healing and reduces the impact they have on your life.
- Enhanced energy, decreased fatigue, improved activity capacity and a sense of well-being while living with cancer.
- For patients who have completed treatment and do not have complex rehabilitation issues requiring management by a cancer rehabilitation physician, we offer a stand-alone, physical therapist-directed exercise program.
The Puget Sound’s Destination for Expert Cancer Care
When you have cancer, now is what matters most. At the Providence Swedish Cancer Institute, we meet every diagnosis with the latest cutting-edge treatments and fast access to top care teams who’ll surround you with support. Now.
We’re one of two health care systems in Washington state that provide CAR T-cell therapy and one of a few programs nationally that provides histotripsy, a treatment that destroys tumors without surgery.
Patients have access to hundreds of clinical trials involving most cancer types. We are often among the first in the U.S. to provide access to Phase 1 trials — the first stage of evaluating treatments in humans.
A full range of Supportive Care services includes cancer rehabilitation, nutrition, naturopathic care and support groups.