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Lead
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Our objective is to assess the feasibility and impact of implementing an exercise program for patients with advanced GI or Gyn cancer, as prehabilitation prior to surgery. The objective of the prehabilitation program is to reduce complication rates and improve the length and quality of survival for patients with abdominal cancer. The prehabilitation program will be offered to patients who are eligible for and consent to cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients with peritoneal metastasis from appendix, colon, small bowel, endometrium, ovary or any other GI or Gyn primary tumor
Patients should be eligible for and consent to surgery with the intention of performing CRS / HIPEC at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Eligibility for CRS/HIPEC is a clinical determination based on a combination of factors including radiographic extent of disease, tumor histology and medical fitness for surgery
Subjects who are explored but found to be unresectable will be included.
Male or female.
Patients should be age 18 or above.
Surgery is planned for not less than 6 weeks and no more than 10 weeks from consultation
You may not be if
Patients who do not consent to surgery.
Patients who require urgent surgery, sooner than 6 weeks
Patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy, with no surgical date planned before 10 weeks from consultation. These patients can be enrolled at the time of the follow-up visit, as long as they meet above criteria
