ArticleContemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland)2013
Exercise tolerance in breast cancer patients during radiotherapy after aerobic training.
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- Do Combined Resistance and Aerobic Exercise Programs Cause an Interference Effect in Women with Breast Cancer? A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Six-Minute Walk Distance in Breast Cancer Survivors-A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Walking for hypertension.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- The effect of training interventions on physical performance, quality of life, and fatigue in patients receiving breast cancer treatment: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for promoting habitual exercise in people living with and beyond cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Exercise for women receiving adjuvant therapy for breast cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Exercise interventions for adults with cancer receiving radiation therapy alone.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- Effects of exercise therapy in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy treatment: a narrative review.SAGE open medicine · 2020Review
- Exercise for Toxicity Management in Cancer-A Narrative Review.Oncology & hematology review · 2018Article
- Modulation of the tumor vasculature and oxygenation to improve therapy.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2015Review
- Twenty-five years of research on the effects of exercise training in breast cancer survivors: A systematic review of the literature.World journal of clinical oncology · 2014Article
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Abstract
aim of the studyIn spite of the introduction of dose constraints based on patient individual assessment techniques for radiation therapy (RT), some side effects from the heart and lungs are observed. Regular physical exercises improve efficiency, which was confirmed in clinical trials. The aim of this study was to evaluate endurance exercise tolerance and the impact of aerobic training (AT) on selected clinical parameters in breast cancer patients during RT. MATERIAL AND
methodsThis study involved 46 women with breast cancer who were irradiated using conformal technique (3DCRT) to a total dose of 50 Gray during a 5-week course of RT. In this period 25 patients (group A) simultaneously performed AT, and the rest of the patients, without rehabilitation (group B), undertook irregular physical activity on their own. The exercise tolerance was assessed through the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) using: oxygen saturation (SO2), heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) and dyspnea scale.
resultsAfter AT in group A, a statistically significant (p < 0.05) decrease was observed in average diastolic BP before 6MWT and in HR parameters before and after 6MWT (p > 0.05), and 6MWD was increased (p < 0.05). In group B, after RT, an increase (p < 0.05) in HR was observed after the test as well as dyspnea. Oxygen saturation in both groups was not significantly changed.
conclusionsThe results of our study showed that regular AT after just 6 weeks caused an improvement in exercise tolerance parameters with a substantial decline in dyspnea in breast cancer patients receiving RT.
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