Researchers from the Academy of Physical Education and Sport, the Medical University and the University Clinical Center in Gdańsk have won a grant from the Polish League for Fighting Cancer. They will implement the project “Reliable about living with cancer – psychological, sexual, rehabilitation as well as socio-economic and legal support for people with cancer.”
The beneficiaries of the grant in the “Oncology at home” category are Dr Milena Lachowicz, Assistant Professor of the Academy of Physical Education and Sport in Gdańsk and at the Medical University of Gdańsk, and Katarzyna Barańska, University Clinical Center in Gdańsk.
The project aims to provide people treated with oncology, their families the substantive and comprehensive knowledge in such areas as: psychology, sexology, rehabilitation, patient’s rights in relation to the disease, as well as provide social and economic support.