The Italian Consensus Conference on the role of rehabilitation for
children and adolescents with leukemia, central nervous system tumors,
and bone cancer, part 2: treatment of motor function impairments.
Abstract
In Italy, 1400 children and 800 adolescents are diagnosed with cancer
every year. About 80% of them can be cured but are at high risk of
experiencing severe side effects, many of which respond to
rehabilitation treatment. Due to the paucity of literature on this
topic, the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
organized a Consensus Conference on the role of rehabilitation of motor
impairments in children/adolescents affected by leukemia, central
nervous system tumors, and bone cancer to state recommendations to
improve clinical practice. This paper includes the results on the
rehabilitation treatment.