The birth of oncology rehabilitation in Poland
Forty years ago, the situation for cancer patients was very different from today. There was a lack of knowledge about oncology rehabilitation, and people who had undergone mastectomies, surgeries in the head and neck region, or other surgical procedures, were often left to fend for themselves. Many of them suffered from severe lymphedema, mobility problems, and had to deal with pain and mental strain. Sometimes, breast surgery patients who experienced severe lymphedema had to undergo further complicated surgeries and even limb amputations because
systemic rehabilitation solutions were lacking.
Specialists at the then Oncology Center, now the Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology -
National Research Institute (NIO-PIB), decided to tackle this challenge by establishing the Rehabilitation Department in 1984. It was the first oncological rehabilitation facility in Poland and one of the first units of the Institute to be opened in its new prem...
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