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ReviewCancers2022

Beneficial Exercises for Cancer-Related Fatigue among Women with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

Yu-Chen Liu, Tsai-Tzu Hung, Sriyani Padmalatha Konara Mudiyanselage, Chi-Jane Wang, Mei-Feng Lin

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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 19 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yu-Chen LiuSchool of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
Tsai-Tzu HungNursing Department, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
Sriyani Padmalatha Konara MudiyanselageDepartment of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-1946-4959
Chi-Jane WangDepartment of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-8204-8574
Mei-Feng LinDepartment of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
National Cheng Kung University · TWNational Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWNational Taiwan University · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextCancer-related fatigue (CRF) is the most common cause of physical powerlessness in women with breast cancer (BC). The practice of continuous effective exercise is beneficial with respect to reducing CRF.

objectiveTo explore exercise efficacy and respective ranks with respect to reducing CRF in women with BC within the inter-treatment and post-treatment periods.

methodsThroughout this systematic review and network meta-analysis, articles published from 2000 to March 2022 were included. Article searches were conducted on the MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and CENTRAL databases. Adult women with BC and different exercise programs were compared with those involved in regular care as a control during or after treatment. In addition, randomized controlled trials (RCT) were also included. A risk-of-bias assessment, with the revised Cochrane risk-of-bias tool regarding RCT and probability-based ranking, was established based on the surface under the cumulative rank (SUCRA) method via network meta-analysis.

resultsa total of 5747 women with BC followed seven exercise interventions. Yoga (SMD = -0.54, 95% CI [-0.86, -0.22]) was ranked first (94.5%), with significant effects in respect of mitigating CRF, followed by resistance exercise (66.2%), and aerobic resistance (63.3%), while Qigong ranked last (22.2%) among the 36 RCT in inter-treatment. Aerobic resistance exercise (SMD = -0.52, 95% CI [-0.98, -0.07]) induced significant effects in respect of mitigating CRF in the 38 RCTs in the post-treatment period. Yoga, aerobic yoga, and aerobic resistance exercise ranked as the top three (75.5%, 75.0%, and 72.4%, respectively), whereas relaxation ranked last (38.8%) in the post-treatment period.

conclusionYoga, aerobic resistance, and aerobic yoga are recommended for the purposes of inter- and post-treatment exercise to reduce CRF in women with BC by enhancing their physical resilience and long-term quality of life.

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breast cancercancer-related fatigueexercisenetwork meta-analysispalliative care inter-treatmentpost-treatment

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PMID36612147
PMCPMC9817866
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