The Claim

Patients with gastric cancer who undergo curative resection and maintain a baseline nutritional status with a mean BMI of approximately 24 kg/m² experience no significant benefit from additional digital interventions due to a ceiling effect.

Source: Effectiveness of a Personalized Digital Exercise and Nutrition Rehabilitation Program in Postoperative Patients With Gastric Cancer: Randomized Controlled Trial

What the research says

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Supports
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Cause and effect
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In plain English

Patients with gastric cancer who have recovered from surgery and maintain a normal body weight do not gain additional benefit from digital health programs because their recovery has already reached its maximum potential.

See the scientific wording

Patients with gastric cancer who undergo curative resection and enter a rehabilitation program with preserved baseline nutritional status (mean BMI ~24 kg/m²) may not benefit significantly from additional digital interventions due to a ceiling effect.

Why this might work

When the body has enough nutrients to fully support tissue repair and muscle maintenance after surgery, adding digital tools does not make the healing process any faster or stronger because the system is already working at its maximum capacity.

Supported mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Effectiveness of a Personalized Digital Exercise and Nutrition Rehabilitation Program in Postoperative Patients With Gastric Cancer: Randomized Controlled Trial

    People who had stomach cancer surgery and weren't underweight didn't get any extra benefit from using a fitness and nutrition app compared to just getting regular advice. The app worked fine, but it didn't help them recover better.

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