SynthesisFrontiers in oncology2024
Effect of resistance exercise on physical fitness, quality of life, and fatigue in patients with cancer: a systematic review.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Exercise Preferences, Barriers, Motivators, Facilitators, and Perceived Benefits in Adults With Brain Tumours-A Systematic Review.Cancer medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Mapping the effects of exercise on cognition and physical function: a scoping review of rodent studies.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
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- Comparative and Dose-Response Effects of Exercise Modalities on Sleep Quality in Individuals With Breast Cancer: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis.Psycho-oncology · 2026Article
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- Prevention of breast cancer-related lymphedema by progressive resistance training - a long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Physical fitness and health-related quality of life in nursing students: a cross-sectional study with a gender perspective.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Exercise-responsive microRNA networks and extracellular vesicle-mediated microRNA signaling in breast cancer: linking tumor signaling, systemic crosstalk, and clinical relevance.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- The role of genetics and epigenetics in breast cancer: A comprehensive review of metastasis, risk factors, and future perspectives.Journal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2025Review
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- Ways of Coping with Stress in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: A Preliminary Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Dantrolene as a Potential Strategy to Prevent Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity: Mechanistic Promise and Clinical Prospects.JACC. CardioOncology · 2025Article
- Exercise as Precision Medicine: Targeting HER2/CD44-Driven Therapy Resistance in Breast Cancer (A Mini Review).Integrative cancer therapiesReview
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Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic review to assess the effects of different forms of resistance exercises (resistance exercise, resistance exercise combined with aerobic exercise, and resistance exercise combined with other exercises) on physical fitness, quality of life (QOL), and fatigue of patients with cancer. Methods: We conducted a systematic review using the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions guidelines. We searched PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases for the studies from the establishment of the database to September 2023, including randomized controlled trials and clinical trials that evaluated the effects of different resistance exercise on physical fitness, QOL, and fatigue in all patients with cancer. Two reviewers independently assessed the quality of all the included studies using the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions and MINORS scale. We divided the intervention into three types: resistance exercise, resistance exercise combined with aerobic exercise, and resistance exercise combined with other exercises. Results: In total, 48 studies (3,843 participants) met the inclusion criteria. The three exercise intervention forms have significant effects on physical fitness and QOL, but the improvement effect on fatigue is not clear. A total of 34 studies reported significant and beneficial effects of resistance exercise on physical fitness across all types of cancer. There were 28 studies that reported significant or borderline improvement effects of resistance on QOL, and only 10 studies reported significant effects of resistance exercise interventions on fatigue improvement in patients with cancer. Conclusions: Resistance exercise, resistance exercise combined with aerobic exercise, and resistance exercise combined with other exercises all have a positive effect on improving fitness and QOL in patients with cancer. Resistance exercise has an advantage in improving muscle strength, while combined resistance exercise has an advantage in improving QOL; however, there are no consistent findings in improving fatigue, although low-intensity resistance exercise is effective. Systematic review registration: www.inplasy.com, identifier INPLASY2023110034.
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