ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Oncol.
Sec. Gastrointestinal Cancers: Gastric and Esophageal Cancers
Construction of a preoperative prehabilitation program for elderly esophageal cancer patients
Provisionally accepted
- 1The Affiliated Suqian Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Suqian, China
- 2Jiangsu Province（Suqian）Hospital, Suqian, China
- 3Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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Objective: To develop a prehabilitation program for elderly patients with esophageal cancer before surgery. Methods: Relevant studies on prehabilitation for esophageal cancer were comprehensively searched and analyzed to summarize the best available evidence. A preliminary prehabilitation program was drafted through group discussion and subsequently refined via two rounds of expert consultation using the Delphi method, resulting in the final program. Results: The prehabilitation program for elderly patients with esophageal cancer before surgery includes 5 first-level items, 12 second-level items, and 35 third-level items. Conclusion: The prehabilitation program for elderly patients with esophageal cancer before surgery demonstrates certain scientific validity and reliability, providing a reference for healthcare professionals in guiding patients' prehabilitation.
Keywords: Elderly, esophageal cancer, Prehabilitation, Delphi method, Program construction
Received: 28 Aug 2025; Accepted: 21 Nov 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Chen, Zhou, Cai, Liu, Luo and Shao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Xiao Shao, shaosmile@126.com
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