Prehabilitation programs for individuals with cancer: a systematic review of randomized-controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prehabilitation programs focusing on exercise training as the main component are known as a promising alternative for improving patients' outcomes before cancer surgery. This systematic review determined the benefits and harms of prehabilitation programs compared with usual care for individuals with cancer.

Methods

We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, and EMBASE from inception to June 2022, and hand searched clinical trial registries. We included randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) in adults, survivors of any type of cancer, that compared prehabilitation programs that had exercise training as the major component with usual care or other active interventions. Outcome measures were health-related quality of life (HRQL), muscular strength, postoperative complications, avera

SUBMITTER: Meneses-Echavez JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10655304 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature