Preoperative Exercise in Pancreatic Cancer

"Individual exercise sessions in this program implement a whole body approach and consist of a 10-min cardiovascular warm-up and 50 minutes of cardiovascular endurance, resistance, and flexibility exercises. Target intensity of exercise will be based on the American College of Sports Medicine recommendations for cancer survivors. Prior to the start of exercise sessions, participants will be questioned on significant changes in symptoms or the presence of new symptoms (such as nausea or fever), which will used to modify the exercise session for that day to allow maximum symptom-limited participation."

The services that participants receive as standard care include their medical care, symptom control, social worker support, and nutrition. These services are provided by their oncology team.