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ReviewCancers2022

Exercise and Bone Health in Cancer: Enemy or Ally?

Alice Avancini, Giulia Benato, Anita Borsati, Luca Oliviero, Lorenzo Belluomini, Marco Sposito, Daniela Tregnago, Ilaria Trestini, Jessica Insolda, Francesca Zacchi and 4 more

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Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect of exercise on bone-related outcomes in patients with cancer affected by bone metastases or bone loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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  3. Management of bone health in cancer survivorship: a systematic review of clinical guidelines.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  11. Clinicopathological correlations and prognostic insights in osteosarcoma: a retrospective analysis.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alice AvanciniSection of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine and Verona University Hospital Trust, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2439-4799
Giulia BenatoDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37131 Verona, Italy.
Anita BorsatiDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37131 Verona, Italy.
Luca OlivieroDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37131 Verona, Italy.
Lorenzo BelluominiDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37131 Verona, Italy.
Marco SpositoSection of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine and Verona University Hospital Trust, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Daniela TregnagoSection of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine and Verona University Hospital Trust, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Ilaria TrestiniDietetics Service, Medical Direction, University Hospital of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Jessica InsoldaSection of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine and Verona University Hospital Trust, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Francesca ZacchiSection of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine and Verona University Hospital Trust, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7448-7822
Elena FiorioSection of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine and Verona University Hospital Trust, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Federico SchenaDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37131 Verona, Italy.
Michele MilellaSection of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine and Verona University Hospital Trust, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Sara PilottoSection of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona School of Medicine and Verona University Hospital Trust, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2229-4874
University of Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone health is often threatened in cancer patients. Bone metastasis and osteoporosis frequently occur in patients with cancer and may lead to different skeletal-related events, which may negatively affect patients' quality of life and are associated with high mortality risk. Physical exercise has been recognized as a potential adjunctive strategy in the cancer setting to improve physical function as well as treatment-related side effects. Nevertheless, exercise is often not recommended to patients with bone health impairments due to safety concerns. In the current review, we aimed, through a comprehensive review of the evidence, to explore the impact of exercise in terms of safety profile, bone outcomes, and the effects on other outcomes in patients with cancer affected by bone metastasis or at high risk of losing bone. Additionally, we explored the potential mechanisms by which exercise may act on bone, particularly the impact of mechanical load on bone remodeling. Finally, considerations about exercise prescription and programming in these populations are also discussed.

Indexed as

bone lossbone metastasesbone remodelingcancer diseaseexercise

Identifiers

PMID36551564
PMCPMC9776461
OpenAlexW4312126326

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