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ReviewSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2025

Prehabilitation for muscle wasting in cancer: do definitions matter?

John Yang, Ishan Roy, Hanna Hunter

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Review in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

John YangUniversity of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Ishan RoyShirley Ryan AbilityLab (Formerly Known As Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago), Chicago, IL, USA.
Hanna HunterDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. hannaoh@uw.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frailty in older patients with cancer has been associated with functional impairments, decline in quality of life, and increased risk of mortality. There is growing interest in prehabilitation interventions designed to optimize function prior to cancer treatment to mitigate functional decline and to optimize post-treatment outcomes. This review aims to describe the heterogeneity in muscle wasting definitions, modalities used for body composition analysis, and functional outcomes investigated in exercise prehabilitation trials in cancer patients. Defining muscle loss among patients with cancer is needed to better diagnose, treat, and prevent functional decline. Utilization of a consensus on definitions for muscle wasting syndromes is critical to evaluate the efficacy of prehabilitation and exercise interventions in cancer care.

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Exercise TherapyMuscular AtrophyNeoplasmsPreoperative ExerciseAgedBody CompositionFrailtyHumansQuality of LifeCachexiaFrailtySarcopenia

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