Prehabilitation Before Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery: Protocol for an Implementation Study

Kristy-Lee Raso   ^{1, 2} , BNDiet ;   Michael Suen   ^{2, 3 *} , BSc, MSc ;   Jane Turner   ^{4 *} , BSc, MPhil ;   Sonia Khatri   ^{3, 4 *} , BNur ;   Yanlan Lin   ^{3 *} , BNur ;   Carolyn Wildbore   ^{4, 5 *} , BNur ;   Guillermo Becerril-Martinez   ^{2, 5 *} , BSc, MSc ;   Philip Le Page   ^{5 *} , BSc, MSc ;   Sim Yee Tan   ^{1, 2, 4 *} , BAppSci, MNDiet, PhD ;   Sam Egger   ^{6 *} , BSc, MBiostat ;   Janette Vardy   ^{2, 4 *} , BMed, PhD

¹ Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia

² Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

³ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia

⁴ Concord Cancer Centre, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia

⁵ Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia

⁶ The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, A Joint Venture with Cancer Council New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

*these authors contributed equally