Structured rehabilitation for terminal cancer: Aligning the evidence with the setting that funds itNishiyama and colleagues report the first randomized trial of structured rehabilitation for patients with terminal cancer, showing attenuated decline in the modified Barthel Index at day 22 (betweengroup difference, 14.21 points; 95% confidence interval, 1.77-26.64points; p = .026)with no rehabilitation-related adverse events, across 19 Japanese inpatient hospices and palliative care units (PCUs). 1 We
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