The effects of prehabilitation on body composition in patients undergoing multimodal therapy for esophageal cancer.

ABSTRACT: Prehabilitation aims to optimize a patient's functional capacity in preparation for surgery. Esophageal cancer patients have a high incidence of sarcopenia and commonly undergo neoadjuvant therapy, which is associated with loss of muscle mass. This study examines the effects of prehabilitation on body composition during neoadjuvant therapy in esophageal cancer patients. In this cohort study, changes in body composition were compared between esophageal cancer patients who participated in prehabilitation during neoadjuvant therapy and controls who did not receive prehabilitation. Assessment of body composition was performed from CT images acquired at the time of diagnosis and after neoadjuvant therapy. Fifty-one prehabilitation patients and 28 control patients were identified. There was a si

SUBMITTER: Halliday LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9885737 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature