SynthesisInternational journal of colorectal disease2017
Lifestyle interventions are feasible in patients with colorectal cancer with potential short-term health benefits: a systematic review.
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- Impact of physical activity and diet on colorectal cancer survivors' quality of life: a systematic review.World journal of surgical oncology · 2019Pooled it
- Aerobic exercise and cardiopulmonary fitness in childhood cancer survivors treated with a cardiotoxic agent: a meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018Pooled it
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- Short-term efficacy of a computer-tailored physical activity intervention for prostate and colorectal cancer patients and survivors: a randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Trial
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- Multicomponent Lifestyle Interventions During Colorectal Cancer Surveillance: A Systematic Review.Cancers · 2026Review
- Inhibition of MID1IP1 induces ferroptosis and suppresses c-Myc expression in colorectal cancer cell.Genes & genomics · 2026Article
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- Effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions in patients with colorectal cancer: an overview of systematic reviews.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2025Review
- A Structural Model of Quality of Life in Patients after Colorectal Cancer Surgery.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Impact of Palliative Care and Nursing Intervention on the Psychology and Quality of Life of Elderly Patients with Colorectal Cancer.Journal of oncology · 2022Article
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- Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle After Bowel Cancer (HEAL ABC): feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2020Article
- Free fatty acids receptors 2 and 3 control cell proliferation by regulating cellular glucose uptake.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2020Article
- Development and internal validation of prediction models for colorectal cancer survivors to estimate the 1-year risk of low health-related quality of life in multiple domains.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2020Article
- Recommendations for follow-up of colorectal cancer survivors.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2019Article
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- Lifestyle after Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis in Relation to Survival and Recurrence: A Review of the Literature.Current colorectal cancer reports · 2017Review
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Abstract
purposeLifestyle interventions have been proposed to improve cancer survivorship in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), but with treatment pathways becoming increasingly multi-modal and prolonged, opportunities for interventions may be limited. This systematic review assessed the evidence for the feasibility of performing lifestyle interventions in CRC patients and evaluated any short- and long-term health benefits.
methodsUsing PRISMA Guidelines, selected keywords identified randomised controlled studies (RCTs) of lifestyle interventions [smoking, alcohol, physical activity (PA) and diet/excess body weight] in CRC patients. These electronic databases were searched in June 2015: Dynamed, Cochrane Database, OVID MEDLINE, OVID EMBASE, and PEDro.
resultsFourteen RCTs were identified: PA RCTs (n = 10) consisted mainly of telephone-prompted walking or cycling interventions of varied durations, predominately in adjuvant setting; dietary/excess weight interventions RCTs (n = 4) focused on low-fat and/or high-fibre diets within a multi-modal lifestyle intervention. There were no reported RCTs in smoking or alcohol cessation/reduction. PA and/or dietary/excess weight interventions reported variable recruitment rates, but good adherence and retention/follow-up rates, leading to short-term improvements in dietary quality, physical, psychological and quality-of-life parameters. Only one study assessed long-term follow-up, finding significantly improved cancer-specific survival after dietary intervention.
conclusionsThis is the first systematic review on lifestyle interventions in patients with CRC finding these interventions to be feasible with improvements in short-term health. Future work should focus on defining the optimal type of intervention (type, duration, timing and intensity) that not only leads to improved short-term outcomes but also assesses long-term survival.
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