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SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2021

Physical exercise and quality of life in patients with prostate cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Júlio Araújo Rendeiro, Cesar Augusto Medeiros Paiva Rodrigues, Letícia de Barros Rocha, Rodrigo Santiago Barbosa Rocha, Marianne Lucena da Silva, Katiane da Costa Cunha

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Synthesis in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of physical exercise in patients undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplantation: systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  4. 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 · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Júlio Araújo RendeiroState University of Pará, Campus VIII/Marabá, Av. Hiléia, Agrópolis do Incra s/n - Amapá, Marabá, PA, 68502-100, Brazil.
Cesar Augusto Medeiros Paiva RodriguesState University of Pará, Campus VIII/Marabá, Av. Hiléia, Agrópolis do Incra s/n - Amapá, Marabá, PA, 68502-100, Brazil.
Letícia de Barros RochaState University of Pará, Campus II/Belém, Tv. Perebebuí 2623, Marco, PA, 66095-661, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5776-2581
Rodrigo Santiago Barbosa RochaState University of Pará, Campus II/Belém, Tv. Perebebuí 2623, Marco, PA, 66095-661, Brazil. rodrigo.santiago.rocha@uepa.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5964-946X
Marianne Lucena da SilvaFederal University of Goiás, Campus Jatobá BR 364 km 195 - Setor Parque Industrial n° 3800, Jataí, GO, 75801-615, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7678-9007
Katiane da Costa CunhaState University of Pará, Campus VIII/Marabá, Av. Hiléia, Agrópolis do Incra s/n - Amapá, Marabá, PA, 68502-100, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5361-5090
Universidade do Estado do Pará · BRUniversidade Federal de Jataí · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundProstate cancer leads to worse quality of life due to treatment and consequences of disease; benefits of physical exercise remain unclear on the improvement of quality of life in this population. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of physical exercise in improving quality of life in patients with prostate cancer.

methodsA systematic review and meta-analysis was carried out. For the search of studies, we used electronics databases such as Cochrane Library, MEDLINE via PUBMED, Regional Health Portal, and EMBASE, without language restrictions or year of publication. The descriptors used were as follows: "prostatic neoplasms," "exercise," and "quality of life." The risk analysis of bias in the meta-analysis was based on the Cochrane Collaboration Tool. For statistical analysis, the fixed effects model was used. Randomized controlled trials were included, which had a sample of patients with stage I-IV prostate cancer and that the intervention was aerobic physical exercise (AE) or resistance physical exercise (RE) or combined AE and RE.

resultsFive thousand six hundred nineteen studies were identified, but only 12 studies were selected. The quality of life of the patients was measured using instruments (SF 36, EORTC, AQoL-8D, IPSS and FACT-P), which served to divide the studies in groups where they presented the same instrument used. The analysis carried out shows that the quality of life of patients with prostate cancer submitted to aerobic training regimens had a protective effect in relation to the others.

conclusionMost studies show an improvement in the quality of life of patients when they practice physical exercise, perceived by increasing the score of the instrument in question. However, methodological and heterogeneous differences between the studies increase the analysis bias.

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Prostatic NeoplasmsQuality of LifeExerciseExercise TherapyHumansMaleExercise, Quality of lifeProstatic neoplasms

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PMID33649920
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