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SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2019

Exercise on quality of life and cancer-related fatigue for lymphoma survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Lixing Liu, Xiran He, Li Feng

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Synthesis in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Effectiveness of exercise interventions in the management of cancer-related fatigue: a systematic review of systematic reviews.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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  13. Considerations of Control Conditions Designs in Randomized Controlled Trials of Exercise Interventions for Cancer Survivors.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2022
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  14. Quality of Life and Survivorship in Lymphoma.Current oncology reports · 2022
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  18. Healthy Behaviors: Prevalence of Uptake Among Cancer Survivors.Clinical journal of oncology nursing · 2020
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  19. Intestinal Microbiota: A Novel Target to Improve Anti-Tumor Treatment?International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lixing LiuDepartment of Chinese Medicine, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China.
Xiran HeDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China.
Li FengDepartment of Chinese Medicine, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China. Drfengli@163.com.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

Beijing Science and Technology Commission "Research and Development of Ten Diseases and Ten Drugs" Project Z171100001717017Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Award project for Talent Development Fund RC2016007;Z171100001717017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPeople treated for lymphoma can experience several significant long-term and late effects, including fatigue and decreased quality of life. This study aimed to systematically review the evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and to conduct a meta-analysis of the effect of exercise on quality of life and other health outcomes for adults suffering from lymphoma.

methodsWe searched the following databases and sources: PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, and MEDLINE. Such studies would be included if they were RCT designs which focus on observing the evaluated health outcomes of exercise intervention for lymphoma patients or survivors, comparing with non-exercise or wait-list control groups. Two review authors independently screened search results, extracted data, and assessed the quality of trials. We used standardized mean differences for quality of life (QoL), fatigue, sleep quality, and depression.

resultsSix publications have met the inclusion criteria and the exercise interventions are short term. Slight improvement can be seen on QoL, fatigue, sleep quality, and depression due to exercise for lymphoma patients. Subgroup analysis was carried out according to the classification of mind-body exercise and aerobic exercise, and significant progress can be seen after mind-body exercise intervention in the area of fatigue and sleep.

conclusionsShort-term exercises do not appear to convey benefits to quality of life and other psychosocial outcomes. Subgroup analysis showed that physical activity together with mental exercise may be more beneficial to lymphoma patients, but it needs more research to verify this finding. The interpretation of this result should be cautious due to the baseline difference, completion efficiency of intervention process, and high heterogeneity.

Indexed as

AdultExercise TherapyFatigueHumansLymphomaQuality of LifeExerciseFatigueLymphomaQuality of lifeRandomized controlled trial

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PMID31300873
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