Weight Management in Obese Cancer Patients During Curative Active Treatment

Korábbi kezelés

• Surgery as the only treatment.
• History of bariatric (or LapBand) surgery, or considering or currently on a wait-list for bariatric or LapBand surgery
• Patients with any concurrent medical or psychological condition that, in the investigator's opinion, would jeopardize the safety of the patient or compliance with the protocol.

Más betegség

• Tumour localizations with high risk of malnutrition (such as head and neck, upper gastrointestinal tract, or pancreatic cancer):
• Another active malignancy
• Current health or medical condition that affects weight status, e.g., untreated hyper- or hypothyroidism,etc
• Pre-existing medical condition that precludes adherence to unsupervised exercise, e.g., severe orthopedic conditions, scheduled for a hip or knee replacement, bone metastases, paralysis, dementia, untreated stage 3 hypertension, or unstable angina, heart attack, congestive heart failure or conditions that dictated hospitalization or oxygen within 6-months.
• Active suicidal ideation, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, current substance abuse or dependence (besides nicotine dependence)

Egyéb

• Patients with melanoma and brain tumours.
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding
• Unable to read or understand Spanish or Catalan
• Enrolled in a weight loss program
• Use of pacemaker or another electrical implanted device

• Adult (age 18+) with pathologically confirmed malignant solid tumors, stage II-IV, elected for oncological treatment (chemo, radio, or both) with curative intend.
• Expected oncological treatment time ≥ 3 months.
• BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²
• Resident in the Barcelona area up to the completion of cancer treatment.
• ECOG Perfomance Status (PS) 0-1
• Availability of internet access.