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ReviewSAGE open medicine2020

Effects of exercise therapy in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy treatment: a narrative review.

Elise Piraux, Gilles Caty, Frank Aboubakar Nana, Gregory Reychler

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
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In one paragraph

Review in SAGE open medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07554677 (Feasibility of a Co-designed PRe-radiotherapy Exercise Programme for People With Stage I-III Non-small Cell Lung cAnCEr), which is not on this map. Cited by 36 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07554677 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Feasibility of a Co-designed PRe-radiotherapy Exercise Programme for People With Stage I-III Non-small Cell Lung cAnCEr: A Single-centre, Single Arm Pilot Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorQueen's University, BelfastRan2026 to 2026Enrolled30ConditionsLung CancerArmsExercise, radiotherapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A systematic review of patient and healthcare professional perceptions of the barriers and facilitators to embedding exercise in the adjuvant cancer treatment pathway.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  3. Efficacy of resistance training during adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy in cancer care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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  4. Physical function predicts mortality in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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  18. Exercise oncology clinical trials during treatments: a commentary to address the safety concerns of human subjects regulatory reviewers and committees.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  20. Effects of qigong exercise on physical fitness and patient-reported health outcomes in lung cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elise PirauxNeuro Musculo Skeletal Lab, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Gilles CatyNeuro Musculo Skeletal Lab, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Frank Aboubakar NanaPôle de Pneumologie, ORL & Dermatologie, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Gregory ReychlerPôle de Pneumologie, ORL & Dermatologie, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7674-1150
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc · BEUCLouvain · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite its beneficial effects, radiotherapy still results in a range of side effects that negatively impact quality of life of patients. Exercise has been shown to counteract the side effects induced by cancer treatment. This narrative review aims to provide an up-to-date review of the effects of an exercise intervention in cancer patients during radiotherapy. A literature search was performed on PubMed to identify original articles that evaluated the effects of an exercise programme to alleviate treatment-related side effects in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy with or without other cancer treatments. Benefits related to exercise training have been shown in breast, prostate, rectal, lung, head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. Therefore, exercise should be considered as a concurrent treatment alongside radiotherapy to alleviate treatment-related side effects and facilitate effective recovery. Due to the onset and progress of treatment-related side effects throughout radiotherapy, a regular clinical evaluation seems strongly advisable in order to continuously adapt the exercise programme depending on symptoms and side effects. An exercise professional is needed to personalize exercise training based on the medical condition and tailor it throughout the intervention according to progress and the patient's medical status. Future studies are needed to confirm the potential benefits of exercises observed on treatment-related side effects. Furthermore, because of the narrative design of this study, a systematic review is required to evaluate the strength of the evidence reported.

Indexed as

Cancerexerciseoncologyradiotherapyrehabilitation

Identifiers

PMID32595968
PMCPMC7301662
OpenAlexW3036964125

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