Use of a Pre-Surgical Toolkit in Improving Surgical Care and Outcomes in Older Participants With Cancer

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients must have known or suspected cancer diagnosis and have one of the following cancer-directed operations planned:

  * Gastrectomy
  * Colectomy
  * Proctectomy
  * Esophagectomy
  * Pancreatectomy
  * Hepatectomy
  * Total cystectomy
  * Partial or total nephrectomy
  * Lung lobectomy/pneumonectomy
* Patients with known metastatic disease with a plan for curative intent resection are eligible (e.g. curative liver resection for metastatic colorectal cancer).
* Patients with double primaries undergoing planned curative operation for both are eligible (e.g. synchronous colon cancers undergoing colectomy to treat both).
* Patients must be able to speak and complete questionnaires in English.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients undergoing emergent surgery are not eligible.
* Patients under active treatment such as chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, radiation treatment, etc. for second primary, are not eligible.
* Patients with second primary are not eligible.
* Patients with known metastatic disease who are undergoing palliative resection are not eligible.
* Patients with psychiatric illness or other mental impairment that would preclude their ability to give informed consent or to participate in the prehabilitation program are not eligible.