Reduction in surgical complications |
Reduction in the incidence of surgical wound complications |
Reduction in the incidence of post-operative pulmonary complications |
Reduction in the incidence of post-operative cardiovascular complications |
Reduction in the incidence of re-operations |
Reduction in the length of hospital stay |
Reduction in hospital mortality |
Improvement of responses to chemotherapy and radiotherapy |
Improvement of response to platinum-based chemotherapy |
Avoiding the effects of smoking on the metabolism of drugs used for chemotherapy |
Reduction in the side-effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy |
Increase in survival time |
Diminishing the risk of recurrence |
Diminishing the risk of having a second primary malignancy |
Improvement of quality of life |