PHOTO: Prehabilitation for cancer patients will become a reality in western NSW, thanks to researcher Jennifer Mackney
Prehabilitation care for cancer patients, which takes place prior to surgery, aims to increase survival and improve quality of life, and it may soon be available in regional areas, possibly including the Western Plains.
Dr Jennifer Mackney, is a John Hunter Hospital-based clinical specialist physiotherapist and researcher with the University of Newcastle and HMRI and has been awarded an $800,000 Cancer Institute NSW Accelerated Research Implementation Grant.
The effectiveness and implementation study will test the upscaling of the Newcastle prehabilitation model of care in five regional communities, ensuring that patients in rural areas have better access to critical support services before undergoing cancer-related surgeries…