SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2021
Exercise prescription for symptoms and quality of life improvements in lung cancer patients: a systematic review.
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- Recommendations for Interventions to Improve Function in Patients With Lung Cancer: A Clinical Practice Guideline.Cancer medicine · 2025Guideline
- Effect of Exercise and Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Pre- and Post-Surgical Patients with Lung Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Cardiovascular training versus resistance training for fatigue in people with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of exercise on life satisfaction of people diagnosed with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Pooled it
- Is physical activity effective against cancer-related fatigue in lung cancer patients? An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Pooled it
- Exercise and lung cancer surgery: A systematic review of randomized-controlled trials.Critical reviews in oncology/hematology · 2020Pooled it
- Best practices for respiratory function training in perioperative patients with lung cancer: A scoping review and evidence synthesis.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2026Review
- Preoperative physical activity patterns and postoperative outcomes in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective observational cohort study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Experiences of post-surgery exercise among middle-aged adults with early lung cancer.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026Article
- Exercise rehabilitation on patients with non-small cell lung cancer: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.World journal of clinical cases · 2025Article
- The Role of Trait Emotional Intelligence in Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms After Radiotherapy in Lung Cancer Patients with Brain Metastases.Alpha psychiatry · 2024Article
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- Intervention model under the Omaha system framework can effectively improve the sleep quality and negative emotion of patients with mid to late-stage lung cancer and is a protective factor for quality of life.American journal of cancer research · 2024Article
- Long-term late effects in older gastric cancer survivors: Survival analysis using Cox hazard regression model by retrospective electronic health records.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Exercise as a Promising Agent against Cancer: Evaluating Its Anti-Cancer Molecular Mechanisms.Cancers · 2023Review
- Educational Needs for Coaching Judo in Older Adults: The EdJCO Focus Groups.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Effect of Exercise Training on Quality of Life, Symptoms, and Functional Status in Advanced-Stage Lung Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review.Clinics and practice · 2023Review
- Exercise across the Lung Cancer Care Continuum: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Longitudinal changes in pulmonary function and patient-reported outcomes after lung cancer surgery.Respiratory research · 2022Article
- Development of an interpretable machine learning-based intelligent system of exercise prescription for cardio-oncology preventive care: A study protocol.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review to assess the effect of exercise on symptoms and quality of life in lung cancer patients.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. PubMed, Medline, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, and SciELO were searched for studies published from January 1998 to January 2019. The review included all randomized controlled trials that evaluated the effect of exercise on symptoms and quality of life of lung cancer patients. Two reviewers independently assessed the quality of all the included studies using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale.
resultsIn total, ten studies (835 participants) met all inclusion criteria. Three studies investigated the effect of exercise after lung resection, whereas four studies investigated it as a pre-surgery intervention. Two studies investigated the effect of exercise in patients under systemic treatment only, and one study included patients on diverse treatment plans. Exercise protocols consisted of different combinations of strength, aerobic, and inspiratory muscle training. Two trials, including 101 participants, found significant difference in quality of life between groups, favoring the intervention group; and five trials, including 549 participants, found significant inter-group differences in isolated symptoms, also favoring the intervention group.
conclusionsExercise can lead to improvements of symptoms and of quality of life in lung cancer survivors. Providing resistance training combined with high-intensity interval aerobic exercise after lung resection seems to be particularly effective. Further studies are warranted to investigate exercise for patients with poor performance status.
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