Prehabilitation Practices for Patients Undergoing Cancer Surgery—An International Survey
This study identified significant variation in prehabilitation practices across hospitals globally. Among the surveyed hospitals, 21.1% reported providing prehabilitation as standard of care for all cancer patients. The main barriers to the widespread adoption of prehabilitation are the lack of institutional funding and resources. Evidence from future prehabilitation trials and the establishment of international guidelines and recommendations may enhance the uptake of prehabilitation globally.
Authors
- Thomas Nack
- Hilmy Ismail (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7985-787X)
- Cherry Koh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2547-0204)
- Muhammed Elhadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6406-4212)
- Scott Venter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7009-1970)
- Max Bell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7464-0324)
- Preet G. S. Makker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2458-4253)
- Michael J. Solomon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5602-6045)
- Bernhard Riedel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2577-3918)
- Linda Denehy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2926-8436)
- Daniel Steffens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9715-860X)
- Sharon Carey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4155-5240)
- Neil Pillinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5225-3785)
- Sophie Debouche
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- University of Tripoli (LY)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (AU)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- European Society of Anaesthesiology (BE)
- European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (BE)
- Australian Physiotherapy Association (AU)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.70180
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.14