ReviewCancers2022
Supervised and Non-Supervised Exercise Programs for the Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue in Women with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Exercise and pathologic complete response to cancer treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Which Exercise Prescriptions Improve Physical Fitness in Patients with Breast Cancer Before, During, and Following Treatment? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Exercise and mind-body therapies for fatigue in breast cancer: evidence mapping from systematic reviews.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2026Pooled it
- Exercise-based interventions for preventing and treating cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Using Integrative Therapies to Improve Patient-Reported Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Living Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline.Journal of evidence-based medicine · 2025Guideline
- Efficacy of supervised exercise on sleep of women who survived breast cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Yoga for fatigue in people with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Cardiovascular Imaging for the Early Detection of Cardiotoxicity from Emerging Cancer Therapies: Mechanistic Insights Across the Pediatric and Adult Spectrum.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Exercise Prescription in Cardio-Oncology.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Clinical Effectiveness of Multimodal Exercise Combined With Supportive Music and Imagery in the Management of Poststroke Mood Disorders.The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses · 2025Article
- A practical framework for the design of resistance exercise interventions in oncology research settings-a narrative review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Review
- The effectiveness of exercise on the symptoms in breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant treatment: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Physical exercise is considered to be a non-pharmacological strategy for reducing symptoms of cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in women with breast cancer (BC). This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to assess the effects of non-supervised exercise programs in comparison with the effects of supervised exercise interventions for CRF in BC patients. Randomized controlled trials that investigated the effect of exercise on CRF in women were searched for until 29 June 2022. Inclusion criteria comprised women diagnosed with BC; exercise-based interventions; trials comparing at least one exercise group vs. a control group; trials that assessed exercise effects on CRF. Thirty-one studies met the inclusion criteria (n = 2964). Both non-supervised and supervised exercise programs significantly reduced CRF (standard mean difference (SMD) = −0.46, confidence interval (CI) = (−0.64, −0.28), p < 0.0001 and SMD = −0.74, CI = (−0.99, −0.48), p < 0.0001, respectively), without statistical difference (p = 0.09). However, a short-term training program subgroup analyses showed significant differences between supervised and non-supervised training programs (p = 0.01), showing that supervised training programs have a greater effect (SMD = −1.33, CI = (−1.92, −0.73), p < 0.0001) than non-supervised ones (SMD = −0.44, CI = (−0.78, −0.11), p = 0.009). Both supervised and non-supervised exercise programs may reduce CRF in BC patients; however, in the short-term, supervised exercise may have a greater effect on CRF in BC patients.
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