ArticleJournal of the National Cancer Center2023
Physical activity and risk of lung cancer: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies.
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- Practical recommendations for exercise and nutrition in patients with lung cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Review
- Occupational physical workload and risk of lung cancer and chronic respiratory diseases: a prospective cohort study of the UK Biobank.Translational lung cancer research · 2026Article
- Pre-diagnosis recreational physical activity and lung cancer survival within the California teachers study.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
- Pre-Diagnosis Recreational Physical Activity and Lung Cancer Mortality within the California Teachers Study.Research square · 2025Article
- Targeting the molecular crosstalk between diabetes and lung cancer for therapeutic intervention.Discover oncology · 2025Review
- Physical Activity and Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Current Evidence and Biological Mechanisms.Cancers · 2025Review
- Joint exposure to PMFrontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: To synthesize the knowledge about the association of total physical activity (TPA), leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), occupational physical activity (OPA) and lung cancer risk and explore the dose-response relationship between LTPA level and lung cancer. Methods: PubMed and Web of Science were searched up to 17 November 2021. The summary relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by random-effects or fixed-effects model. The dose-response analysis was conducted with restricted cubic splines. Results: We identified 25 articles (42 cohort studies) that assessed the physical activity-lung cancer association, including 9,983,295 study participants and 85,988 incident cases of lung cancer. When comparing the highest to the lowest level of TPA and LTPA, lung cancer risk reduced 22% (RR, 0.78; 95% CI: 0.70, 0.86) and 12% (RR, 0.88; 95% CI: 0.83, 0.93), respectively. We found an approximately U-shaped association between LTPA and lung cancer ( Conclusions: Our meta-analysis supported a protective effect of TPA and LTPA, but not OPA, on lung cancer risk. The novel finding of a U-shaped association between LTPA and lung cancer risk warrants further investigation.
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