Post-Discharge Risk-Based Management in Patients Undergoing High-Risk Elective Major Cancer Operations (PRS II)

Eligibility Criteria

• * Age \> 18 years at diagnosis
• * ECOG performance status 0, 1, or 2, defined as
• 1. Restricted in physically strenuous activity but ambulatory and able to carry out work of a light or sedentary nature, e.g., light house work, office work
• 2. Ambulatory and capable of all self-care but unable to carry out any work activities. Up and about more than 50% of waking hours
• * Patients must have probable (i.e., clinically suspicious) or histologically/cytologically confirmed, primary or recurrent, malignant neoplasm, malignant neuroendocrine tumor, or carcinoma in situ (any stage).
• * Patient must be scheduled for elective major cancer surgery (as listed in 4.1.4) at FCCC \< 30 days after First Registration.
• * Patient is scheduled to be brought from their home (or normal living environment) to FCCC on the day of the index surgery (or day prior as scheduled admission) AND
• * Surgery is not scheduled as urgent or emergent
• * Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent and HIPAA consent document
• * Geographical accessibility and willingness to return to FCCC for all preoperative and postoperative study assessments.
• * Any condition that might interfere with the subject's participation in the study, compliance with study requirements, or in the evaluation of the study results.