Bladder and kidney cancers are commonly diagnosed in older adults. Surgery remains the primary treatment modality for patients with kidney or bladder cancer. In older patients, common co-morbidities include fatigue, physical deconditioning characterized by reduced cardiorespiratory fitness and progressing sarcopenia, pain- whether disease- related or treatment-induced- and undernutrition. These factors increased the risk of post-operative complications and exacerbate patient frailty.
The investigators propose a personalized 6-month program both pre- and post-surgery, including adapted physical activity sessions, therapeutic education workshops, and systematic referral to the department's DAPAP program.
Diagnosis of bladder or kidney cancer
Surgical treatment
No severe cognitive impairment preventing understanding of the protocol
Affiliated or entitled to a social security scheme
Surgery already done
Significant co-morbidities that contraindicate physical activity: associated cardiac pathologies, respiratory pathologies, disabling joint pathologies, etc.
Deprived of liberty or under guardianship
Benefiting from a prehabilitation prescription with a private physiotherapist.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Lead sponsor