Oncological rehabilitation is aimed at improving the physical and psychological condition of patients who have completed their first round of cancer treatment. Primary cancer treatment involves a range of treatment phases, such as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Who comes to oncological rehabilitation?

Anybody can be affected by illness. A diagnosis of cancer is usually totally unexpected and can change everything.

• Colorectal carcinomas
• Mammary carcinomas
• Gynaecological tumours
• Testicular tumours
• Lymphoma and lung carcinomas
• Condition after stem cell therapy and other types of tumour

In Austria over 36,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year. Thanks to improved methods of testing which allow earlier detection of cancer, the life expectancy of cancer sufferers is considerably higher than it was in the past. However, the combined effects of the disease and the treatment often lead to a deterioration not only of patients' quality of life, but also their body functionality and psychological state.

Our in-house oncological rehabilitation center was created to fight this effect. All of our therapies are aimed at improving patients' physical, psychological and social states, reducing the impact of the disease and offering them a constructive way to defeat the disease and the associated limitations on their quality of life. Reintegration into social and professional spheres is also a key goal.
 

The goal of oncological rehabilitation is improved quality of life for cancer patients through:

• recognition and treatment of tumour-associated complications and consequential symptoms such as limited mobility, scar pain, nervous limitation, etc;
• optimising pain therapy;
• strengthening physical performance;
• helping patients to cope with and eventually to defeat tumour-associated psychological problems such as anxiety or depression;
• providing patients with dietary advice tailored to the type of tumour;
• improving existing resources.

In addition to improving patients' quality of life, there is also scientific research which indicates that specific lifestyle changes may lead to reductions in tumour recurrence and an improved quality of life and life expectation.