Clinical Impact of a Perioperative Exercise Program for Sarcopenia and Overweight/Obesity Gastric Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection and perioperative adjuvant treatment is the standard treatment for locally advanced gastric cancer. However, the morality rate is reported to be 20%-40% after gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Perioperative sarcopenia and obesity are strongly related to postoperative surgical complications after gastrectomy. Furthermore, recent studies have shown that postoperative surgical complications are related to long-term oncological outcomes. If we can prevent or improve perioperative sarcopenia or obesity in gastric cancer patients, the rate of postoperative surgical complications in these patients might be reduced, thereby improving the long-term oncological outcomes. Given this hypothesis, recent studies have focused on enacting perioperative exercise prog

SUBMITTER: Aoyama T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8045110 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature