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SynthesisNutrients2017

The Effect of Nutrition Therapy and Exercise on Cancer-Related Fatigue and Quality of Life in Men with Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review.

Brenton J Baguley, Kate A Bolam, Olivia R L Wright, Tina L Skinner

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Synthesis in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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57citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Brenton J BaguleySchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. b.baguley1@uq.edu.au.
Kate A BolamSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. Kate.Bolam@ki.se.
Olivia R L WrightSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. o.wright@uq.edu.au.
Tina L SkinnerSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. t.skinner@uq.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-5704-2741
The University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImprovements in diet and/or exercise are often advocated during prostate cancer treatment, yet the efficacy of, and optimal nutrition and exercise prescription for managing cancer-related fatigue and quality of life remains elusive. The aim of this study is to systematically review the effects of nutrition and/or exercise on cancer-related fatigue and/or quality of life.

methodsA literature search was conducted in six electronic databases. The Delphi quality assessment list was used to evaluate the methodological quality of the literature. The study characteristics and results were summarized in accordance with the review's Population, Intervention, Control, Outcome (PICO) criteria.

resultsA total of 20 articles (one diet only, two combined diet and exercise, and seventeen exercise only studies) were included in the review. Soy supplementation improved quality of life, but resulted in several adverse effects. Prescribing healthy eating guidelines with combined resistance training and aerobic exercise improved cancer-related fatigue, yet its effect on quality of life was inconclusive. Combined resistance training with aerobic exercise showed improvements in cancer-related fatigue and quality of life. In isolation, resistance training appears to be more effective in improving cancer-related fatigue and quality of life than aerobic exercise. Studies that utilised an exercise professional to supervise the exercise sessions were more likely to report improvements in both cancer-related fatigue and quality of life than those prescribing unsupervised or partially supervised sessions. Neither exercise frequency nor duration appeared to influence cancer-related fatigue or quality of life, with further research required to explore the potential dose-response effect of exercise intensity.

conclusionSupervised moderate-hard resistance training with or without moderate-vigorous aerobic exercise appears to improve cancer-related fatigue and quality of life. Targeted physiological pathways suggest dietary intervention may alleviate cancer-related fatigue and improve quality of life, however the efficacy of nutrition management with or without exercise prescription requires further exploration.

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DietExerciseQuality of LifeExercise TherapyFatigueHumansMaleNutrition TherapyObservational Studies as TopicProstatic NeoplasmsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicResistance Trainingcancer-related fatigueexercisenutritionprostate cancerquality of life

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PMID28895922
PMCPMC5622763
OpenAlexW2755839016

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