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ReviewInternational journal of nursing sciences2020

Exercise for fatigue in breast cancer patients: An umbrella review of systematic reviews.

Mengyao Jiang, Yuxia Ma, Bei Yun, Qing Wang, Can Huang, Lin Han

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Review in International journal of nursing sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07467824 (Impact of Prehabilitation With Exercise and Nutrition, and Comprehensive Follow-up in Women With Breast Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07467824 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Impact of Prehabilitation With Exercise and Nutrition, and Comprehensive Follow-up in Women With Breast Cancer: The PREACT Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorEuropean University Miguel de CervantesRan2026 to 2029Enrolled66ConditionsBreast Cancer, Breast NeoplasmsArmsPrehabilitation: Exercise and nutrition
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mengyao JiangSchool of Nursing, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Yuxia MaEvidence-Based Nursing Center, School of Nursing, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Bei YunSchool of Nursing, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Qing WangSchool of Nursing, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Can HuangSchool of Nursing, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Lin HanDepartment of Nursing, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Lanzhou University · CNGansu Provincial Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate evidence from published systematic reviews about the effectiveness of exercise interventions on fatigue management in breast cancer patients.

methodsPubMed, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL), Embase databases, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), the Wanfang database, the China Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), and the VIP database were searched to identify relevant systematic reviews. The reviews which assessed exercise interventions on cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in breast cancer patients were included. Quality of evidence was evaluated by the Grade of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) tool. The Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) appraisal tool was used to evaluate the methodological quality of included systematic reviews.

resultsTwenty-four systematic reviews met all the inclusion criteria. The overall mean score for AMSATR is 7.38 and ranged from 4 to 10 points. In addition, 21 reviews arrived at positive conclusions, which exercises could reduce CRF, and 3 obtained that exercise does not affect fatigue. As for GRADE, 8 of the reviews were graded as 'moderate', 2 of the studies were 'very low', and the others were 'low'.

conclusionsAerobic and resistance exercise can be regarded as beneficial to CRF in breast cancer patients, and limited evidence exists that yoga had an effect on reducing fatigue. The quality of the current systematic review is still far from satisfactory.

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Breast neoplasmsExerciseFatigueYoga

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PMID32685623
PMCPMC7355202
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