ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Short-Term Changes in Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer during In-Hospital Exercise Training and Chemotherapy Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nonpharmacological dyspnoea-relief strategies in lung cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of exercise on people living with advanced lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Influence of physical exercise on health improvement in older adult cancer patients: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative effects of different types of exercise on health-related quality of life during and after active cancer treatment: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of sport and health science · 2023Pooled it
- The Effect of Exercise on Pain in People with Cancer: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of exercise interventions in adults with cancer receiving palliative care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Pooled it
- Virtual reality in chemotherapy support for the treatment of physical functions, fear, and quality of life in pediatric cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- International Consensus on Severe Lung Cancer-The Second Edition.Translational lung cancer research · 2026Review
- Potential Benefits from Physical Exercise in Advanced Cancer Patients Undergoing Systemic Therapy? A Narrative Review of the Randomized Clinical Trials.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Review
- 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
- Harms of exercise training in patients with cancer undergoing systemic treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished controlled trials.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- Adaptation and multicentre validation of a patient-centred outcome scale for people severely ill with COVID (IPOS-COV).Health and quality of life outcomes · 2023Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of exercise training on the quality of life (QoL) of patients diagnosed with stage IIIB and stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) compared to a passive control group (CG). The exercise-trained group (ETG) consisted of 18 patients, and the CG consisted of 8 patients. The training program in the ETG consisted of two 2-week running cycles interspersed with consecutive rounds of chemotherapy with cytostatic drugs. A comparison of the changes in the Short Form (36) Health Survey (SF-36), St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung (FACT-L) was the primary outcome. Analysis of the results of the SGRQ and the SF-36 questionnaire did not reveal any statistically significant differences in the assessment of QoL between the examined groups. The analysis of FACT-L questionnaires showed statistically significant changes, indicating deterioration of QoL in domains describing physical well-being in the CG. Therefore, the analysis of the results of the QoL assessment did not show any significant improvements in the group of patients undergoing comprehensive exercise training, although deterioration of QoL was noted in the CG.
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