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30.06.2022 | Original Article
Preoperative nutrition and exercise intervention in frailty patients with gastric cancer undergoing gastrectomy
verfasst von:
Yuma Wada, Masaaki Nishi, Kozo Yoshikawa, Chie Takasu, Takuya Tokunaga, Toshihiro Nakao, Hideya Kashihara, Toshiaki Yoshimoto, Mitsuo Shimada
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Clinical Oncology
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Ausgabe 9/2022
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Abstract
Background
The frailty was associated with the worse surgical outcomes and poor prognosis in several cancers. Therefore, we aimed to identify the usefulness of nutrition and exercise intervention (NEI) in frailty patients with GC.
Methods
We analyzed 58 frailty patients with GC who underwent radical surgery. Among these, 15 patients were performed NEI by nutritional and rehabilitation support team. We compared the surgical outcomes between NEI and non-NEI groups with frailty patients and evaluated the nutrition and rehabilitation markers in pre- and post-NEI groups.
Results
The postoperative complication of NEI groups was 6.7% and less than that of non-NEI groups (p = 0.08). The mean postoperative hospital stay of NEI groups was 13.0 ± 1.0 days for NEI groups and significantly shorter than that of non-NEI groups (p = 0.03). The NLR was 4.3 ± 0.6 for pre-NEI and significantly improved by NEI between pre- and post-NEI (p = 0.03).
Conclusion
We identified the clinical importance of NEI for improving the surgical outcomes in frailty patients with GC. Our findings highlight the potential clinical impact of optimizing treatment strategies to select and manage the frailty patients.