Cancer prehabilitation uses a multidisciplinary approach combining exercise, nutrition and psychological strategies to prepare women for the challenges of cancer treatment such as surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation therapy.

Evidence indicates that for newly diagnosed cancer patients, prehabilitation prior to starting treatment can be beneficial. This may include conducting a physical and psychological assessment to establish a baseline function level, identifying impairments and providing targeted interventions to improve the woman’s health, thereby reducing the incidence and severity of current and future impairments related to cancer and its treatment (Silver & Baima 2013).

Medications should be reviewed at this point to ensure optimisation and to improve adherence to medicines used for comorbid conditions.