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Cancer Rehab Update – Winter 2016

Cancer Rehab Update – Winter 2016

Cancer Rehab Update – Winter 2016   CHAIRS UPDATE: Dear Colleagues, At the ACRM Annual Conference in 2015, we held our second annual business meeting. This was an opportunity to share with our members the tremendous growth and exciting progress that the CRNG has...

About the CRNG

At the ACRM Annual Conference in 2013, the CRNG was recognized by the ACRM Board of Governors. The CRNG is comprised of interdisciplinary professionals who desire to improve the educational and networking opportunities for ACRM membership in cancer rehabilitation...

Are You in Training and Want to Become Involved in the CRNG?

We are excited to announce a new opportunity for residents, fellows and other healthcare professionals in training who want to become involved with the CRNG! This is a terrific opportunity to be mentored in cancer rehabilitation. Each person that is selected will...

Update: Education Task Force

The Education Task Force continues to focus on bringing high quality, Cancer Rehabilitation content for the 2016 ACRM Annual Conference in Chicago. In Dallas, there were over 20 Cancer Rehabilitation-specific symposia, the most ever, at any conference. The task force...

Update: Outcomes and Research Task Force

This task force has been working on the Delphi survey project regarding cancer rehabilitation research priorities for older patients. The group has reached out to the Cancer Rehabilitation Networking Group members to find experts to participate in this study. The...

Update: Palliative Care and Quality of Life Task Force

This task force is in the process of preparing symposia for the ACRM 2016 Annual Conference in Chicago.  This is a new task force, and we are pleased to welcome our members: Sree Battu Meghan Routt Joyce Fichtenbaum Vanessa Gallegos-Kearin Please contact the task...

Update: Oncology Cognitive Rehabilitation Task Force

The first goal for this task force is submitting a symposium for consideration at the 2016 ACRM Annual Conference.  This task force is committed to bringing terrific cognitive rehabilitation content to the ACRM members! Watch for educational courses at the 2016...

Update: Integrative Cancer Rehabilitation Task Force

This is our newest task force and we are actively recruiting new members. Integrative rehabilitation is an important and growing field. Our task force is committed to synthesizing and disseminating evidence-based best practices to navigate this heterogeneous field of...

Meet the Award Winners from the 2015 Conference

At the ACRM Annual Conference this past October in Dallas, Texas, we awarded three individuals with the very first awards in cancer rehabilitation and had the chance to ask them about why they joined the ACRM CRNG, became involved with cancer rehab, and other...

Collaborating with the Early Career Networking Group

The Cancer Rehabilitation and Early Career Networking Groups are collaborating to support the advancement of early career professionals in the field of rehabilitation. Early career ACRM members are encouraged to join both groups! Why get involved with the ECNG? Get...

Recent Publications in Cancer Rehabilitation

Imaging and clinical characteristics predict near-term disablement from bone metastases: implications for rehabilitation. Cheville AL, Murthy N, Basford JR, Rose P, Tran K, Pittelkow T, Ringler M. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015 Oct 1. pii: S0003-9993(15)01232-0. doi:...