Off-label use of medication may be presented in these guidelines if a sufficient level of
evidence shows that it can be considered medically appropriate to a given condition and if …

Purpose Functional capacity is an independent indicator of morbidity in colon and rectal
cancer surgery. This systematic review describes the evaluated and synthesized effects of …

BACKGROUND Although prehabilitation programmes for patients undergoing major intra-
abdominal cancer surgery have been shown to improve pre-operative physical fitness, the …

The field of cancer survivorship has significantly advanced person-centered care throughout
the cancer continuum. Within cancer survivorship, the last decade has seen remarkable …

Introduction Increasing emphasis is being placed on the detection of frailty in the pre‐
operative setting given its association with surgical morbidity and mortality. Prehabilitation …

Background: Sarcopenia has been identified as a prognostic factor among certain types of
cancer. In esophageal cancer, patients are at increased risk of malnutrition and sarcopenia …

Despite advances in surgical care over recent decades, major surgery still carries a
significant burden of morbidity. Perioperative research and improvement strategies have …

BACKGROUND Multimodal prehabilitation, including exercise training, nutritional therapy
and anxiety reduction, has been shown to attenuate functional decline associated with …

Background Prehabilitation aims at enhancing patients' functional capacity and overall
health status to enable them to withstand a forthcoming stressor like surgery. Our aim was to …

Objective: To determine the effect of a short-term, unsupervised exercise intervention before
and after colorectal cancer surgery on self-assessed physical recovery. Summary of …