Description
Chairs: Robert Newton & Christoph Michalski
PURPOSE This study examines the effect of preoperative exercise training (prehabilitation) on exercise capacity and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) (quality of life (QoL), physical function, fatigue, anxiety, and depression) in patients with cancer.
METHODS We pooled individual patient data from nine randomized controlled trials (n=733 patients) available through the POLARIS database,...
BACKGROUND:
Prehabilitation is a needs based personalised intervention before and during cancer treatment to optimise physical, psychological and nutritional status supported by behaviour change psychology. Enhanced readiness and tolerance of treatments may reduce complications, hospital length of stay (LOS), improve recovery and/or quality of life (QoL) and decrease cost of care. Short wait...
Background: Exercise interventions benefit surgical lung cancer patients, but many are resource intensive and follow a one-size-fits-all design. The Precision-Exercise-Prescription (PEP) trial is a clinic-aligned, personalized perioperative exercise program with remote monitoring that previously showed improved physical function in women and reduced fatigue across groups at 2 months...
INTRODUCTION
Colon cancer is the third most common malignancy worldwide, with more than 1.1 million new cases diagnosed annually. Surgical resection remains the cornerstone of curative treatment, but induces a substantial physiological stress response, often leading to postoperative complications. While multidisciplinary prehabilitation has shown benefits in reducing major complications rate,...
Background
Gastric and esophageal cancers remain major contributors to global cancer mortality, and surgical treatment is frequently associated with substantial morbidity and delayed postoperative recovery. Reduced cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength are strongly linked to postoperative complications and prolonged length of hospital stay (LOS), potentially impairing treatment...
