Strengthening rehabilitation for patients with ovarian tumors: current approaches and future directions

Abstract

Patients who underwent radical antitumor treatment for ovarian cancer, borderline ovarian tumors, often experience a severe range of morphofunctional and psychological disorders. Frequent complications are postovariectomy syndrome, sexual dysfunction, anxiety and depression, and chronic pelvic pain, which reduces the overall quality of life. Numerous studies show that for this category of patients, the preservation of labor activity and social significance is an extremely important aspect. This dictates the need to organize rehabilitation measures that significantly increase the quality of life of oncogynecological patients and contribute to the restoration of their professional and social functioning.

Keywords

• ovarian cancer
• borderline ovarian tumors
• rehabilitation
• quality of life
• qol
• return to work