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Trial reportBMC cancer2017

Implementing exercise in cancer care: study protocol to evaluate a community-based exercise program for people with cancer.

Prue Cormie, Stephanie Lamb, Robert U Newton, Lani Valentine, Sandy McKiernan, Nigel Spry, David Joseph, Dennis R Taaffe, Christopher M Doran, Daniel A Galvão

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Trial report in BMC cancer, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Exercise for survivorship: outcomes associated with a community-based group exercise program for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  4. Correlates of physical activity among rural Australian cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  8. Association between PhA and Physical Performance Variables in Cancer Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Prue CormieInstitute for Health and Ageing, Australian Catholic University, Level 6, 215 Spring Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia. prue.cormie@acu.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3446-2698
Stephanie LambCancer Council Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Robert U NewtonExercise Medicine Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Lani ValentineCancer Council Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Sandy McKiernanCancer Council Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Nigel SpryExercise Medicine Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia.
David JosephExercise Medicine Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Dennis R TaaffeExercise Medicine Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Christopher M DoranExercise Medicine Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Daniel A GalvãoExercise Medicine Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundClinical research has established the efficacy of exercise in reducing treatment-related side-effects and increasing wellbeing in people with cancer. Major oncology organisations have identified the importance of incorporating exercise in comprehensive cancer care but information regarding effective approaches to translating evidence into practice is lacking. This paper describes the implementation of a community-based exercise program for people with cancer and the protocol for program evaluation. METHODS/

designThe Life Now Exercise program is a community-based exercise intervention designed to mitigate and rehabilitate the adverse effects of cancer and its treatment and improve physical and psychosocial wellbeing in people with cancer. Involvement in the program is open to people with any diagnosis of cancer who are currently receiving treatment or within 2 years of completing treatment. The 3-month intervention consists of twice weekly group-based exercise sessions administered in community exercise clinics under the supervision of exercise physiologists trained to deliver the program. Evaluation of the program involves measures of uptake, safety, adherence and effectiveness (including cost effectiveness) as assessed at the completion of the program and 6 months follow-up. DISCUSSION: To bridge the gap between research and practice, the Life Now Exercise program was designed and implemented to provide people with cancer access to evidence-based exercise medicine. The framework for program implementation and evaluation offers insight into the development of feasible, generalizable and sustainable supportive care services involving exercise. Community-based exercise programs specifically designed for people with cancer are necessary to facilitate adherence to international guidelines advising patients to participate in high-quality exercise.

trial registrationACTRN12616001669482 (retrospectively registered 5 Dec 2016).

Indexed as

Exercise TherapyAntineoplastic AgentsDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsHumansNeoplasmsProgram EvaluationAntineoplastic AgentsCancer survivorshipExercisePhysical activitySupportive careTranslation

Identifiers

PMID28166766
PMCPMC5294717

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