Prehabilitation: Who can benefit?

Prehabilitation is an intervention that occurs between cancer diagnosis and the start of an acute treatment. It involves physical, nutritional, and psychological assessments to establish a baseline functional level and provide targeted interventions to improve a person's health and prevent futu...

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Published in:European journal of surgical oncology 2024-05, Vol.50 (5), p.106979, Article 106979
Main Authors: Coca-Martinez, Miquel, Carli, Franco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Frailty
Humans
Malnutrition - etiology
Malnutrition - prevention & control
Neoplasms - surgery
Nutrition Assessment
Nutritional Status
Preoperative Care - methods
Preoperative Exercise
Quality of Life
Sarcopenia - prevention & control
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Summary:Prehabilitation is an intervention that occurs between cancer diagnosis and the start of an acute treatment. It involves physical, nutritional, and psychological assessments to establish a baseline functional level and provide targeted interventions to improve a person's health and prevent future impairments. Prehabilitation has been applied to surgical oncology and has shown positive results at improving functional capacity, reducing hospital stay, decreasing complications, and enhancing health-related quality of life. The importance of collaboration between various healthcare professionals and the implementation of multimodal interventions, including exercise training, nutrition optimization, and emotional support is discussed in this manuscript. The need for screening and assessment of conditions such as sarcopenia, frailty, or low functional status in order to identify patients who would benefit the most from prehabilitation is vital and should be a part of all prehabilitation programs. Exercise and nutrition play complementary roles in prehabilitation, enhancing anabolism and performance. However, in the presence of malnutrition and sarcopenia, exercise-related energy expenditure without sufficient protein intake can lead to muscle wasting and further deterioration of functional capacity, thus special emphasis on nutrition and protein intake should be made in these cases. Finally, the challenges and the need for a paradigm shift in perioperative care are discussed to effectively implement personalized prehabilitation programs.
ISSN:0748-7983
1532-2157
1532-2157
DOI:10.1016/j.ejso.2023.07.005