Surgical Prehabilitation in Patients with Cancer: State-of-the-Science and Recommendations for Future Research from a Panel of Subject Matter Experts

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 49-64

  Carli, Francesco ^a   Silver, Julie K ^b   Feldman, Liane S ^a   McKee, Andrea ^c   Gilman, Sean ^a   Gillis, Chelsia ^a   Scheede Bergdahl, Celena ^d   Gamsa, Ann ^a   Stout, Nicole ^e   Hirsch, Bradford ^f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f FLATIRON HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Exercise; Nutrition; Outcome; Prehabilitation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE PATCH; VARENICLINE;

ANXIETY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REHABILITATION; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL STRESS; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL PREHABILITATION; SURGICAL STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THERAPY DELAY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; NEOPLASM; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84998546961     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2016.09.002     Document Type: Review

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