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ArticleF1000Research2021

The Wessex Fit-4-Cancer Surgery Trial (WesFit): a protocol for a factorial-design, pragmatic randomised-controlled trial investigating the effects of a multi-modal prehabilitation programme in patients undergoing elective major intra-cavity cancer surgery.

Malcolm West, Andrew Bates, Chloe Grimmett, Cait Allen, Richard Green, Lesley Hawkins, Helen Moyses, Samantha Leggett, Denny Z H Levett, Sally Rickard and 6 more

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Article in F1000Research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prehabilitation for cancer surgery: a systematic review of qualitative literature from experienced stakeholders.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Malcolm West *NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.
Andrew Bates *NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.
Chloe GrimmettSchool of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO22 1BJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7540-7206
Cait AllenWessex Cancer Trust, Registered charity 1110216, Chandlers Ford, SO53 2GG, UK.
Richard GreenAnaesthetic Department (Royal Bournemouth Site), University Hospitals Dorset, Bournmouth, BH77DW, UK.
Lesley HawkinsCritical Care/Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.
Helen MoysesNIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.
Samantha LeggettNIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.
Denny Z H LevettNIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.
Sally RickardWessex Cancer Alliance, Oakley Road, Southampton, SO16 4GX, UK.
Judit Varkonyi-SeppNIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7269-0261
Fran WilliamsWessex Cancer Alliance, Oakley Road, Southampton, SO16 4GX, UK.
Stephen WoottonSchool of Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9495-9719
Matthew HayesWessex Cancer Alliance, Oakley Road, Southampton, SO16 4GX, UK.
Micheal P W Grocott *NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.
Sandy Jack *School of Clinical and Experimental Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Southampton · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsPreoperative ExerciseHumansMulticenter Studies as TopicPreoperative CareQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicResearch DesignCardiopulmonary Exercise TestChemoradiotherapyChemotherapyExerciseNeoadjuvantOutcomePhysical activityPrehabilitationPsychologicalSurgeryWellbeing

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PMID36247802
PMCPMC9490280
OpenAlexW3200439806

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