Potential Benefits from Physical Exercise in Advanced Cancer Patients Undergoing Systemic Therapy? A Narrative Review of the Randomized Clinical Trials
Federico Bozzetti · 2024
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Federico Bozzetti reviews in a 2024 article the trial evidence on exercise for advanced cancer patients on drug therapy, splitting the results by whether patients were well fed or malnourished. Earlier reviews pooled unlike groups together. He gathered thirty-five randomized trials through fifteen recent reviews and meta-analyses.
About seventy percent of studies reported good adherence to the exercise plans. Physical function improved in about three fifths of trials among the well fed. It improved in half the trials among the malnourished. Quality of life gains appeared in all the malnourished trials and near half the rest. Lean mass gains clustered in patients who were losing weight. Home programs were preferred, though clinic ones seem stronger.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Federico Bozzetti |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |