Pre-operative oral nutritional supplementation with dietary advice versus dietary advice alone in weight-losing patients with colorectal cancer: single-blind randomized controlled trial.

Background: Pre-operative weight loss has been consistently associated with increased post-operative morbidity. The study aims to determine if pre-operative oral nutritional supplements (ONSs) with dietary advice reduce post-operative complications.

Methods: Single-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Pragmatic lifestyle intervention in patients recovering from colon cancer: a randomized controlled pilot study.

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of a pragmatic lifestyle intervention in patients who had recently completed surgery and chemotherapy for colon cancer and to obtain preliminary data of its impact on important health outcomes.

Design: A prospective, randomized, controlled pilot trial.

Setting: University rehabilitation facility.