Perioperative exercise and post-operative mortality in patients undergoing oncologic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the potential impact of perioperative exercise on survival and post-operative mortality in oncologic patients undergoing surgical resection.

Methods

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials administering perioperative exercise in oncologic patients undergoing surgical resection published between 2000 and 2024 was performed. Embase, PubMed, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library were searched, and outcomes of interest included recurrence-free survival, disease-free survival, cancer-specific survival, overall survival, or post-operative mortality.

Results

Of the 806 articles identified, 5 met inclusion criteria, representing 650 oncologic patients receiving pulmonary (n = 2), hepatobiliary (n = 1), gastroesophageal (n = 1), and colorecta

SUBMITTER: Ibilibor C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12146225 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature