“…In fact, frailty and related factors, such as sarcopenia, malnutrition, and poor performance status, are potentially modifiable. Preoperative exercise and nutritional therapies may have the capacity to augment frailty, as such therapies have been found to increase functional walking capacity, improve postoperative recovery, or decrease length of stay in patients undergoing surgery for gastrointestinal malignancies . For these reasons, the incorporation of mFI into clinical decision‐making may improve patient outcomes.…”