The effects of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and a structured exercise training programme on physical fitness and in vivo mitochrondrial function in advanced rectal cancer patients

Outcomes after major surgery depend partly on patients’ physiological tolerance to iatrogenic trauma. Objectively measured fitness assessments (cardiopulmonary exercise testing; CPET) show a link between poor fitness and poor surgical outcome, especially in major colorectal surgery. However evidence...

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Main Author: West, Malcolm
Published: University of Liverpool 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.664403