title: Surgical Prehabilitation in Patients with Cancer: State-of-the-Science and Recommendations for Future Research from a Panel of Subject Matter Experts.
abstract: This review by a 10-member panel of experts in surgical prehabilitation addresses processes that may improve oncologic care. Surgical prehabilitation is the process on the continuum of care that occurs between the time of cancer diagnosis and the beginning of surgical treatment. The panel focused on the current state-of-the-science and recommended future research that would help to identify the elements that enhance preoperative physical, nutritional, and psychological health in anticipation of surgery, mitigate the burden of disease, facilitate the return of patient health status to baseline values, decrease postoperative morbidity, and reduce health care costs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: franco.carli@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carli
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Julie K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Liane S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McKee
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gilman
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Chelsia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gillis
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Celena
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scheede-Bergdahl
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gamsa
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stout
authors.affiliation: Flatiron Health, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Bradford
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Anxiety; Cancer; Exercise; Nutrition; Outcome; Prehabilitation; Surgery