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SynthesisJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2025

Effect of exercise before and/or during taxane-containing chemotherapy treatment on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy symptoms in women with breast cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Rosiered Brownson-Smith, Samuel T Orange, Nicola Cresti, Katherine Hunt, John Saxton, John Temesi

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readSystematic ReviewMeta-Analysis
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07048847 (The Effect of Supervised Aerobic Exercise on Adipokine and Myokine Biomarkers in Patients With Cancer During Systemic Chemotherapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07048847 completednot on this map

The Effect of Supervised Aerobic Exercise on Adipokine and Myokine Biomarkers in Patients With Cancer During Systemic Chemotherapy

TypeobservationalSponsorIzmir Bakircay UniversityRan2022 to 2023Enrolled32ConditionsBreast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Chemotherapy EffectArmsExercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. BeyondFrontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025
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  4. Effects of an exercise program on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in newly diagnosed breast cancer individuals receiving taxanes: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  5. The effect of hand and foot exercises on peripheral neuropathy and quality of life in women with breast cancer: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  6. Pilot trial testing the effects of exercise on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity (CIPN) and the interoceptive brain system.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  11. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in breast cancer: a narrative review.Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Rosiered Brownson-SmithDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. Rosiered.brownson-smith@northumbria.ac.uk.
Samuel T OrangeSchool of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle uponTyne, UK.
Nicola CrestiNorthern Centre for Cancer Care, The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Katherine HuntNorthern Centre for Cancer Care, The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
John SaxtonSchool of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, UK.
John TemesiDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBNorthumbria University · GBNewcastle University · GBUniversity of Hull · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo systematically review and meta-analyse the efficacy of exercise interventions delivered before and/or during taxane-containing chemotherapy regimens on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), fatigue, and health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), in women with breast cancer.

methodsSeven electronic databases were systematically searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) reporting on the effects of exercise interventions in women with breast cancer receiving taxane-containing chemotherapeutic treatment. Meta-analyses evaluated the effects of exercise on CIPN symptoms, fatigue, and HR-QoL.

resultsTen trials involving exercise interventions ranging between 2 and 12 months were included. The combined results of four RCTs consisting of 171 participants showed a reduction in CIPN symptoms following exercise compared with usual care (standardised mean difference - 0.71, 95% CI - 1.24 to - 0.17, p = 0.012; moderate-quality evidence, I

conclusionsThis systematic review found reduced levels of CIPN symptoms and an improvement in HR-QoL in women with breast cancer who exercised before and/or during taxane-based chemotherapy versus usual care controls. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: This evidence supports the role of exercise as an adjunctive treatment for attenuating the adverse effects of taxane-containing chemotherapy on CIPN symptoms and HR-QoL.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBreast NeoplasmsExerciseExercise TherapyPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesTaxoidsBridged-Ring CompoundsFatigueFemaleHumansQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAntineoplastic AgentsBridged-Ring CompoundstaxaneTaxoidsCancerChemotherapyExerciseFatigueNeuropathyQuality of life

Identifiers

PMID37615928
PMCPMC11813970
OpenAlexW4386116129

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