The effects of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and an in-hospital exercise training programme on physical fitness and quality of life in locally advanced rectal cancer patients: a randomised controlled trial (The EMPOWER Trial)
ConclusionA 9-week exercise prehabilitation programme significantly improved fitness following NCRT. These findings have informed the WesFit trial (NCT03509428) which is investigating the effects of community-based multimodal prehabilitation before cancer surgery.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.govNCT01914068. Registered 1 August 2013.
Source: Perioperative Medicine - Category: Surgery Source Type: research
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