PREp-4-Cancer Surgery Toolkit launch
A new, evidence-based online resource to support health services in implementing cancer prehabilitation for patients undergoing major surgery.
Date: Thursday 28th August 2025
Format: Hybrid
Time: 3.45pm-4.30pm, refreshments to follow until 5pm
Location: Level 7, Lecture Theatre B, 305 Grattan St, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Join us as we launch this newly developed Prehabilitation Toolkit; the culmination of a WCMICS Scale and Spread grant.
Research shows that prehabilitation can reduce surgical complications, shorten hospital stays, and enhance physical and psychological recovery; yet access to such programs remains limited.
The PREP-4-Cancer Surgery Toolkit aims to address this gap by providing freely available clinical and patient resources. The goal is to improve access to cancer prehabilitation and therefore improve surgical outcomes across Australia and Internationally, by empowering both clinicians and patients.
More information
What’s on the website
The website hosts co-designed, multidisciplinary resources tailored to upper and lower gastrointestinal and gynaecological cancer surgery.
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- Clinician Modules: Practical guidance across anaesthetics, nursing, physiotherapy, nutrition, and psychology
- Health Service Tools: Business case templates, funding suggestions, and implementation frameworks
- Patient & Carer Resources: Education materials, downloadable PDFs, and wellbeing preparation tools
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Development highlights
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- Developed by Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre with input from 5 major partner health services
- Informed by 3 co-design workshops which included 13 health professionals and 9 consumers and carers
- Content developed by and with input from allied health, nursing, and medical experts
- Resource was evaluated by 3 Victorian Health Services and feedback incorporated to improve the website prior to publication
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