Influences of comorbidities on perioperative rehabilitation in patients with gastrointestinal cancers: a retrospective study
Naoto Seriu,
Shinji Tsukamoto,
Yukako Ishida
et al.
Abstract:Background
Older patients are more likely to have comorbidities than younger patients, and multiple comorbidities are associated with mortality in patients with cancer. Therefore, we hypothesized that a functional comorbidity index could predict the therapeutic effects of rehabilitation.
Objectives
In this study, we investigate whether the comorbidities influenced the execution and therapeutic effects of rehabilitation.
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