Preoperative Exercise for Patients with Lung Cancer

Preoperative exercise has been evaluated in several clinical trials, but its effectiveness in reducing postoperative complications remains unknown.

To examine this issue, investigators performed a meta-analysis of data from 13 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or quasi-randomized controlled trials (qRCTs) involving 806 patients (median age, 63.3 years) with six different primary tumor types and surgeries. The duration of most preoperative exercise interventions was 2 weeks (range, 1 to 4 weeks). Of note, approximately half the trials had at least one feature with a high risk of bias.

For patients undergoing liver resection for colorectal cancer or surgery for colon, esophageal, lung, oral, and prostate cancer, the effectiveness of preoperat…