ArticleIntegrative cancer therapies
Sport Medicine in the Prevention and Management of Cancer.
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- Pooled it
- Feasibility of the Golf Recreational Exercise for Enhanced Survivorship in prostate cancer survivors undergoing hormone therapy.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Associations between physical activity participation and different types of sports consumption expenditures among older adults: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- An Exercise-Induced Metabolic Shield in Distant Organs Blocks Cancer Progression and Metastatic Dissemination.Cancer research · 2022Article
- Kinesiophobia among Breast Cancer Survivors One Year after Hospital Treatment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Adverse Events Reporting of Clinical Trials in Exercise Oncology Research (ADVANCE): Protocol for a Scoping Review.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Feasibility and efficacy of a multicomponent exercise medicine programme in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing neoadjuvant therapy (the EXPAN trial): study protocol of a dual-centre, two-armed phase I randomised controlled trial.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2021Article
- Cancer Related Anemia: An Integrated Multitarget Approach and Lifestyle Interventions.Nutrients · 2021Review
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5 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Physical inactivity is a major concern in cancer patients despite the established preventative and therapeutic effects of regular physical exercise for this patient group. Sport not only plays an important role in supporting the development and maintenance of a physically active lifestyle but also is increasingly used as a health promotion activity in various populations. Nevertheless, the potential of sport as an effective strategy in the prevention and management of cancer has gained little attention. Based on the scant evidence to date, participation of cancer patients in supervised, well-tailored sport programs appears to be safe and feasible and is associated with an array of physical and psychological benefits. We propose that sport participation may serve as an alternative strategy in the prevention of cancer and sport medicine in the management of cancer. As with the traditional exercise modes, benefits derived from sport participation will be dependent on the sport undertaken and the physical/physiological, motor, and cognitive demands required. To this end, further work is required to develop a solid evidence base in this field so that targeted sport participation can be recommended for cancer patients.
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