Background The certainty that prehabilitation improves postoperative outcomes is not clear.
The objective of this umbrella review (ie systematic review of systematic reviews) was to …

Purpose Functional capacity is an independent indicator of morbidity in colon and rectal
cancer surgery. This systematic review describes the evaluated and synthesized effects of …

Introduction Impairment in aerobic fitness is a potential modifiable risk factor for
postoperative complications. In this randomized controlled trial, we hypothesized that a high …

Frailty is an age-related, multi-dimensional state of decreased physiologic reserve that
results in diminished resiliency and increased vulnerability to stressors. It has proven to be …

Objective To systematically appraise and summarise meta-analyses investigating the effect
of exercise compared with a control condition on health outcomes in cancer survivors …

Data from observational studies indicate that both physical activity as well as exercise (ie,
structured physical activity) is associated with reductions in the risk of recurrence and cancer …

The field of cancer survivorship has significantly advanced person-centered care throughout
the cancer continuum. Within cancer survivorship, the last decade has seen remarkable …

Despite calls for the routine implementation of pre‐operative exercise programmes to
optimise patient fitness before elective major surgery, there is no practical guidance for …

Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of physical
exercise and nutrition interventions in adult patients before elective major surgery. Recent …

Due to improvements in the number of cancer survivors and survival time, there is a growing
interest in healthy behaviors, such as physical activity (PA), and their potential impact on …