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ReviewBasic research in cardiology2025

Exercise, cancer, and the cardiovascular system: clinical effects and mechanistic insights.

Simon Wernhart, Tienush Rassaf

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In one paragraph

Review in Basic research in cardiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06672120 (Exercise in Regional Breast Cancer With Neoadjuvant Anthracycline- Based Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy With Checkpoint-Inhibition), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06672120 narecruitingnot on this map

Exercise in Regional Breast Cancer With Neoadjuvant Anthracycline- Based Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy With Checkpoint-Inhibition

TypeinterventionalSponsorTechnical University of MunichRan2025 to 2028Enrolled120ConditionsCancer, BreastArmsExercise training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Simon WernhartWest German Heart- and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147, Essen, Germany. simon.wernhart@uk-essen.de.ORCID 0000-0001-6732-0939
Tienush RassafWest German Heart- and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147, Essen, Germany.
West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases and cancer are the leading causes of death in the Western world and share common risk factors. Reduced cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a major determinant of cardiovascular morbidity and cancer survival. In this review we discuss cancer- induced disturbances of parenchymal, cellular, and mitochondrial function, which limit CRF and may be antagonized and attenuated through exercise training. We show the impact of CRF on cancer survival and its attenuating effects on cardiotoxicity of cancer-related treatment. Tailored exercise programs are not yet available for each tumor entity as several trials were performed in heterogeneous populations without adequate cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) prior to exercise prescription and with a wide variation of exercise modalities. There is emerging evidence that exercise may be a crucial pillar in cancer treatment and a tool to mitigate cardiotoxic treatment effects. We discuss modalities of aerobic exercise and resistance training and their potential to improve CRF in cancer patients and provide an example of a periodization model for exercise training in cancer.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsCardiorespiratory FitnessCardiovascular DiseasesCardiovascular SystemExerciseExercise TherapyNeoplasmsAnimalsHumansAntineoplastic AgentsCancerCPETCRFExercise

Identifiers

PMID38353711
PMCPMC11790717
OpenAlexW4391822205

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