Background & aims Preoperative patient care optimisation appears to be crucial for
obtaining good surgical outcomes. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) underlines the …

Aim With population aging, the number of frail patients with colorectal cancer has increased.
The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a validated tool for assessing frailty, and higher scores …

As physicians specializing in rehabilitation medicine consider sequelae from the novel
coronavirus pandemic that began in 2019, one issue that should be top of mind is the …

Purpose Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is potentially lifesaving. However,
it comes with negative consequences such as impaired physical functioning, fatigue and …

Objective Cancer remains one of the most enduring health crises of the modern world.
Prehabilitation is a relatively new intervention aimed at preparing individuals for the stresses …

Purpose Prehabilitation affords an opportunity to support the management of malnutrition
that is strongly associated with head and neck cancer. The purpose of this systematic review …

Objective To assess the potential cost-effectiveness of prehabilitation in medically frail
patients undergoing surgery for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Methods We created a cost …

Background Body composition assessment, measured using single‐slice computed
tomography (CT) image at L3 level, and aerobic physical fitness, objectively measured using …

Abstract Purpose of the Review The objective of this review is to address the rationale
behind the application of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols that could …

Cell metabolism is characterised by the highly coordinated conversion of nutrients into
energy and biomass. In solid cancers, hypoxia, nutrient deficiencies, and tumour vasculature …