Response to a prehabilitation program for patients with oesophageal cancer: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To optimize prehabilitation for patients with oesophageal cancer, insight is required into the response to prehabilitation, and factors affecting this response. This study investigated (1) the response to prehabilitation in patients with oesophageal cancer following neoadjuvant treatment, (2) the association between baseline physical fitness and preoperative changes in fitness, (3) differences in physical fitness, nutritional status, and fatigue between responders and non-responders to prehabilitation.

Methods

This multicenter cohort study included patients with oesophageal cancer, following a 6-10 week personalized prehabilitation program as part of standard care. Prehabilitation, consisting of supervised exercise and nutritional counseling, started after neoadju

SUBMITTER: Reijneveld EAE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12752240 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature