A Study to Determine Whether Perioperative Energy Dynamics Correlates With Postoperative Outcomes

Summary

To validate a new method for assessing perioperative risk in the cancer patient undergoing major cancer surgery. In this proposed study researchers will: 1. Measure preoperative energy reserve capacity (fitness) 2. Determine if postoperative morbidity is a function of perioperative cardiopulmonary gas exchange metabolism

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants 18 years of age or older.
* Participants with newly diagnosed esophageal and lung cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and/or immunotherapy.
* Participants who have signed the consent form to participate in the study.
* Participants must have been evaluated in the Perioperative Evaluation and Management (POEM) Center or by a staff Anesthesiologist.
* All laboratory and diagnostic evaluations required or used to evaluate the patient must be completed. All participants must be approved to undergo anesthesia by the standards of the POEM Center.
* No samples belonging to vulnerable populations (children, pregnant women, cognitively impaired adults or prisoners) will be allowed from participation.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participant is under age 18.
* Participant is unwilling to sign consent.
* Participant is unable to exercise (bedridden or wheel chair bound).
* Participant is enrolled in another study deemed by the investigator to affect oxygen metabolic efficiency and not presently the standard of care at MDACC.
* Participant's condition is deemed unsatisfactory for surgery after the preanesthetic evaluation.
* Participant has had a myocardial infarction within three months of the preanesthetic evaluation or presents with new or unstable angina.
* Participant has a history of a cerebrovascular accident or transit ischemic attacks within three months of the preanesthetic evaluation.
* Participant has a history of a pulmonary embolic event within three months of the preanesthetic evaluation.
* Participant is known to have acute or chronic deep vein thrombosis.
* Participant is pregnant.

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