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

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

doi:10.1139/apnm-2023-0234

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

Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2024 Jan 1;49(1):64-76. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0234. Epub 2023 Sep 10.

Authors

Popi Kasvis^{1

2

3}, Antonio Vigano^{1

2}, Tram Bui¹, Franco Carli⁴, Robert D Kilgour^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ McGill Nutrition and Performance Laboratory, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Supportive and Palliative Care Division, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
³ Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.

PMID: 37690126
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0234

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.

Keywords: cancer; hepatectomy; preoperative exercise; quality of life.

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Humans
Liver
Neoplasms*
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
Preoperative Care / methods
Preoperative Care / rehabilitation
Preoperative Exercise
Quality of Life*
Symptom Burden
Treatment Outcome