ArticleAnnals of surgical oncology2023
Research Priorities in Prehabilitation for Patients Undergoing Cancer Surgery: An International Delphi Study.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Preoperative risk factors for postoperative pneumonia in patients with esophageal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgery today · 2026Pooled it
- Adherence to prehabilitation in adult surgical patients: a systematic review, meta-analysis, meta-regression, and qualitative synthesis.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Pooled it
- Prehabilitation Outcomes in Surgical Oncology Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Control Trials.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Relative efficacy of prehabilitation interventions and their components: systematic review with network and component network meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Prehabilitation Modalities on Postoperative Outcomes Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials.Annals of surgical oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Starting a surgical prehabilitation program: results from a pragmatic nonrandomized feasibility study.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025Trial
- Prehabilitation in cancer care: an evolving field.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Changes in Functional Capacity and Body Composition After a Multimodal Prehabilitation Program in Patients with Cancer undergoing Abdominal Surgery.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Expert Consensus on Self-Reported Physical, Nutritional, and Psychological Screening Tools for Prehabilitation in Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery: An International Delphi Study.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
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- Nutritional prehabilitation strategies in abdominal surgery.Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care · 2026Review
- The Impact of Malnutrition and Multimodal Prehabilitation on Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Following Resection and Microvascular Reconstruction: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Quality of life after preoperative home-based exercise training in patients with lung cancer: a secondary analysis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Prehabilitation for cancer surgery: perspectives of Australian patients, families, and health professionals.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Prehabilitation: A Catalyst for Transforming Toward Value-Based, Personalized Perioperative Health and Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Priorities for research in perinatal palliative care: an international Delphi study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Perioperative nutritional support in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery: Current views with an emphasis on prehabilitation efforts.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Individual multimodal prehabilitation in high-risk patients undergoing major abdominal surgery following neoadjuvant treatment - a feasibility study.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Multimodal Prehabilitation in Colorectal Cancer: Improving Fitness, Lifestyle, and Post-Surgery Outcomes.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Factors responsible for the decline in physical fitness during neoadjuvant chemotherapy in older patients with esophageal cancer: an exploratory prospective cohort study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecently, the number of prehabilitation trials has increased significantly. The identification of key research priorities is vital in guiding future research directions. Thus, the aim of this collaborative study was to define key research priorities in prehabilitation for patients undergoing cancer surgery.
methodsThe Delphi methodology was implemented over three rounds of surveys distributed to prehabilitation experts from across multiple specialties, tumour streams and countries via a secure online platform. In the first round, participants were asked to provide baseline demographics and to identify five top prehabilitation research priorities. In successive rounds, participants were asked to rank research priorities on a 5-point Likert scale. Consensus was considered if > 70% of participants indicated agreement on each research priority.
resultsA total of 165 prehabilitation experts participated, including medical doctors, physiotherapists, dieticians, nurses, and academics across four continents. The first round identified 446 research priorities, collated within 75 unique research questions. Over two successive rounds, a list of 10 research priorities reached international consensus of importance. These included the efficacy of prehabilitation on varied postoperative outcomes, benefit to specific patient groups, ideal programme composition, cost efficacy, enhancing compliance and adherence, effect during neoadjuvant therapies, and modes of delivery.
conclusionsThis collaborative international study identified the top 10 research priorities in prehabilitation for patients undergoing cancer surgery. The identified priorities inform research strategies, provide future directions for prehabilitation research, support resource allocation and enhance the prehabilitation evidence base in cancer patients undergoing surgery.
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