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This pilot study compared the risk predictive value of preoperative physiological capacity (PC: defined by gas exchange measured during cardiopulmonary exercise testing) with the ASA physical status classification in the same patients (n=32) undergoing major abdominal cancer surgery. Uni- and multivariate logistic regression models were fitted to measurements of PC and ASA rank data determining...