ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023
Exercise across the Lung Cancer Care Continuum: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prehabilitation: preoperative rehabilitation interventions for lung cancer - a scoping review.Frontiers in aging · 2025Pooled it
- The use of technology in cancer prehabilitation: a systematic review.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Pooled it
- I want to get better; I don't want to just stay at home: a theory-driven qualitative exploration of participation in a home-based lung cancer exercise clinical trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Trial
- Home-Based Exercise and Self-Management After Lung Cancer Resection: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- The effectiveness of concurrent training in lung cancer survivors: a systematic review.Translational lung cancer research · 2026Review
- Patient-reported outcomes after surgical resection for non-small cell lung cancer and perceptions of postsurgical rehabilitation programmes.BMJ open respiratory research · 2026Observational
- Barriers and facilitators to exercise engagement during lung cancer treatment: a scoping review.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
- Co-Designing Lung Cancer Rehabilitation Services for People Treated With Immunotherapy.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- Mapping the research landscape of pulmonary rehabilitation in lung cancer: a bibliometric analysis [1997-2025].Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Development of a clinical core outcome set to evaluate lung cancer rehabilitation.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Beyond survival: improving lung cancer rehabilitation through standardised outcomes.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs: We Do Not Have All the Answers Yet.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Empowering Recovery: A Co-Designed Intervention to Transform Care for Operable Lung Cancer.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Thoracic Cancer Exercise Services in Australia: A Point-Prevalence Survey.Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Multimodal Prehabilitation for Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2025Review
- Effect of a Physical Exercise Intervention on Physical Function Parameters and Blood Analytical Changes in Lung Cancer Survivors: A Feasibility Study.Clinics and practice · 2024Article
- Patients' and carers' views on research priorities in prehabilitation for cancer surgery.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- "The Ability to Go Out into the World Is the Most Important Thing"-A Qualitative Study of Important Exercise Outcomes for People with Lung Cancer.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Article
- Investigation of Exercise Interventions on Postoperative Recovery in Lung Cancer Patients: A Qualitative Study Using Web Crawling Technology.Patient preference and adherence · 2024Article
- Rehabilitation outcomes for people with lung cancer (UNITE): protocol for the development of a core outcome set.BMJ open respiratory research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundGrowing evidence supports exercise for people with lung cancer. This overview aimed to summarise exercise intervention efficacy and safety across the care continuum.
methodsEight databases (including Cochrane and Medline) were searched (inception-February 2022) for systematic reviews of RCTs/quasi-RCTs. Eligibility: population-adults with lung cancer; intervention: exercise (e.g., aerobic, resistance) +/- non-exercise (e.g., nutrition); comparator: usual care/non-exercise; primary outcomes: exercise capacity, physical function, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and post-operative complications. Duplicate, independent title/abstract and full-text screening, data extraction and quality ratings (AMSTAR-2) were completed.
resultsThirty systematic reviews involving between 157 and 2109 participants (n = 6440 total) were included. Most reviews (n = 28) involved surgical participants. Twenty-five reviews performed meta-analyses. The review quality was commonly rated critically low (n = 22) or low (n = 7). Reviews commonly included combinations of aerobic, resistance and/or respiratory exercise interventions. Pre-operative meta-analyses demonstrated that exercise reduces post-operative complications (n = 4/7) and improves exercise capacity (n = 6/6), whilst HRQoL findings were non-significant (n = 3/3). Post-operative meta-analyses reported significant improvements in exercise capacity (n = 2/3) and muscle strength (n = 1/1) and non-significant HRQoL changes (n = 8/10). Interventions delivered to mixed surgical and non-surgical populations improved exercise capacity (n = 3/4), muscle strength (n = 2/2) and HRQoL (n = 3). Meta-analyses of interventions in non-surgical populations demonstrated inconsistent findings. Adverse event rates were low, however, few reviews reported on safety.
conclusionsA large body of evidence supports lung cancer exercise interventions to reduce complications and improve exercise capacity in pre- and post-operative populations. Additional higher-quality research is needed, particularly in the non-surgical population, including subgroup analyses of exercise type and setting.
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