McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
With
Dr. Franco Carli
Age
18–95
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
A diagnosis or suspicion of either hepatobiliary or pancreatic cancer (primary or metastatic)
Must be scheduled for surgical resection between 4-6 weeks of recruitment
You may not be if
Persons with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) health status class 4-5
Comorbid medical, physical and mental conditions (eg: dementia, disabling orthopedic and neuromuscular disease, psychosis)
Cardiac abnormalities
Severe end-organ disease such as cardiac failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary failure and hepatic failure (alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase \>50% over the normal range)
Sepsis
Morbid obesity (BMI \>40)
Anemia (hematocrit \<30 %)
Other conditions interfering with the ability to perform exercise at home or to complete the testing procedures
