Getting into shape, abstaining from alcohol and tobacco, and collaboration between patient and physician can promote rapid recovery, according to one expert.
Such prehabilitation exercise training for patients slated for major surgery may cut risk for complications and shorten hospital length of stay, a meta-analysis suggests.
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy did not improve survival in elderly patients undergoing gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.