ReviewBritish journal of cancer2021
Cancer survivorship, excess body fatness and weight-loss intervention-where are we in 2020?
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effect of Nutritional Mobile Apps on Populations With Cancer: Systematic Review.JMIR cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Experiences of cancer patients in receiving dietary advice from healthcare professionals and of healthcare professionals in providing this advice-a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2024Pooled it
- Association of patient factors and health-related quality of life with weight changes during chemotherapy for colorectal cancer: secondary analysis of the SCOT trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Trial
- Senescent obesity signature in breast cancer: a paradigm of reverse cardio-oncology.European heart journal · 2026Review
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- Modifiable risk factors for weight loss after cancer treatment in Korean gastric cancer survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Long-term cancer survivor awareness and learning preferences for cardio- oncologic risks: A qualitative study.Research square · 2026Article
- Association between postoperative nutritional status and time to initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy in gastrointestinal cancers: a restricted cubic spline analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Objective Assessment of Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Survivors: Associations With Adiposity and Metabolic Parameters of Glucose and Insulin-Insights From NHANES.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- North of England Women's Diet and ActivitY - After Breast Cancer (NEWDAY-ABC) intervention in women diagnosed with early oestrogen-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer: a randomised controlled feasibility study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Not All Weight Loss Is Equal: Divergent Patterns and Prognostic Roles in Head and Neck Cancer Versus High-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Formative Development and Acceptability of a Lifestyle Weight Management Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors in Greece: The NutriLife Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Adiposity Status Close to Diagnosis and Its Association with Prostate Cancer Survival in the UK Biobank.Cancer research communications · 2025Article
- Higher adherence to the EAT-Lancet reference diet is inversely associated with mortality in a UK population of cancer survivors.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Weight Change after Cancer Diagnosis and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus: A Population-Based Nationwide Study.Cancer research and treatment · 2025Article
- Perceived changes in health behaviours and body weight in response to a cancer diagnosis among individuals living with and beyond breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer in the UK: a cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Dietary Restrictions and Cancer Prevention: State of the Art.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Spanish Society of Medical Oncology recommendations for comprehensive assessment and care of cancer survivors' needs.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025Review
- From Surviving to Thriving: Key Considerations for Weight Control Across Diverse Cancer Survivorship Populations.Obesity science & practice · 2024Review
- Adiposity assessed close to diagnosis and prostate cancer prognosis in the EPIC study.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2024Article
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Abstract
Earlier diagnosis and more effective treatments mean that the estimated number of cancer survivors in the United Kingdom is expected to reach 4 million by 2030. However, there is an increasing realisation that excess body fatness (EBF) is likely to influence the quality of cancer survivorship and disease-free survival. For decades, the discussion of weight management in patients with cancer has been dominated by concerns about unintentional weight loss, low body weight and interventions to increase weight, often re-enforced by the existence of the obesity paradox, which indicates that high body weight is associated with survival benefits for some types of cancer. However, observational evidence provides strong grounds for testing the hypothesis that interventions for promoting intentional loss of body fat and maintaining skeletal muscle in overweight and obese cancer survivors would bring important health benefits in terms of survival outcomes and long-term impact on treatment-related side effects. In this paper, we outline the need for studies to improve our understanding of the health benefits of weight-loss interventions, such as hypocaloric healthy-eating plans combined with physical activity. In particular, complex intervention trials that are pragmatically designed are urgently needed to develop effective, clinically practical, evidence-based strategies for reducing EBF and optimising body composition in people living with and beyond common cancers.
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