Cardiopulmonary fitness before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with oesophagogastric cancer.
M NavidiA W PhillipsS M GriffinK E DuffieldA GreystokeK SumpterR C F SinclairPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2018)
There was a decrease in cardiorespiratory reserve immediately after neoadjuvant chemotherapy that was sustained up to the point of surgery at 4 weeks after chemotherapy.
Keyphrases
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- locally advanced
- body composition
- rectal cancer
- papillary thyroid
- lymph node
- sentinel lymph node
- minimally invasive
- squamous cell carcinoma
- coronary artery bypass
- radiation therapy
- physical activity
- squamous cell
- surgical site infection
- high intensity
- lymph node metastasis
- gestational age
- coronary artery disease
- early stage
- preterm birth