Preoperative intentional weight loss to support postoperative recovery in patients with excess weight and colorectal cancer: the CARE feasibility randomised controlled trial
- Dimitrios A. Koutoukidis (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK)
- Susan A. Jebb (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK)
- Sophie Reynolds (Surgical Intervention Trials Unit (SITU), Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)
- Claire Foster (Centre for Psychosocial Research in Cancer, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)
- Pete Wheatstone (Patient and Public Involvement Member, Leeds, UK)
- Felix Achana (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)
- Simon J.A. Buczacki (Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)
Abstract
Excess weight increases morbidity risk after colorectal cancer surgery. Weight loss might reduce this risk. However, the period between diagnosis and treatment in colorectal cancer is typically less than 1 month, necessitating an intensive weight loss intervention. We tested the feasibility of an intensive preoperative weight loss intervention.Keywords: Preoperative intentional weight loss, colorectal cancer, postoperative recovery, support
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Koutoukidis, D. A., Jebb, S. A., Reynolds, S., Foster, C., Wheatstone, P., Achana, F. & Buczacki, S. J., (2026) “Preoperative intentional weight loss to support postoperative recovery in patients with excess weight and colorectal cancer: the CARE feasibility randomised controlled trial”, Advances in Perioperative Care 1(S1). doi: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444/apoc.ebpomlondon25.a1
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