Study (author, year) | Participants (n) | Type of cancer | Cancer treatment | Mean/median time since surgery |
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Chang et al., 2020 [6] | 88 | Oesophageal | Oesophagectomy +/− neoadjuvant therapy | 18 days |
Cho et al., 2018 [23] | 40 | Gastric | Minimally invasive gastrectomy | Immediate |
Fagevik Olsén et al., 2017 [24] | Oesophageal | Ivor-Lewis oesophageal resection | 18.3 days (control), 19.7 days (intervention) | |
ReStOre Feasibility Study Guinan et al., 2017 and O’Neill et al., 2017 [21, 22] | 12 | Oesophageal | Oesophagectomy +/− neoadjuvant therapy | 22.16 months |
ReStOre RCT O’Neill et al., 2018 [5] | 33 | Oesophageal/oesophageal junction/gastric | Oesophagectomy or gastrectomy +/− neoadjuvant/ adjuvant/perioperative chemotherapy/chemoradiotherapy | 33.68 months (control), 23.52 months (intervention) |
Van Vulpen et al., 2017 [25] | 150 | Oesophageal | Oesophagectomy +/−neoadjuvant therapy | 4 weeks to 1 year |