Cancer symptom burden negatively affects health-related quality of life in patients undergoing prehabilitation prior to liver resection: results from a 12-week randomized controlled trial.

Franco Carli, Popi Kasvis, Antonio Vigano, Tram Bui, Robert D Kilgour

Journal: Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme 2024;49(1):64-76

PMID: 37690126

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Abstract

Cancer symptoms negatively affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with cancer awaiting liver resection. Prehabilitation maintained HRQoL after surgery. Future studies should test whether relieving cancer symptoms can improve HRQoL.

Address: McGill Nutrition and Performance Laboratory, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.; Supportive and Palliative Care Division, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.; Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.; Department of Anesthesiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0234

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MeSH Terms: Humans, Quality of Life, Preoperative Exercise, Symptom Burden, Preoperative Care, Treatment Outcome, Neoplasms, Liver, Postoperative Complications