Information
Please use the links below to download PDF documents with more information about the benefits of exercise for Cancer patients.
- Benefits of supervised group exercise programme for women being treated for early stage breast cancer: pragmatic randomised controlled trial - British Medical Journal January 2007
- Cancer Related Fatigue - Exercise Review -
- Exercise therapy in women who have had breast cancer
- Aerobic Exercise in the Rehabilitation of Cancer Patients after High Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation
- Effects of Physical Activity on the Fatigue and Psychologic Status of Cancer Patients during Chemotherapy
- Correlation between physical performance and fatigue in cancer patients
- Effects of Aerobic Exercise on the Physical Performance and Incidence of Treatment-Related Complications After High-Dose Chemotherapy
- Aerobic exercise as therapy for cancer fatigue
- Lung Cancer Pilot study 8 week exercise rehabilitation programme for inpatients 2006
Other Published Evidence (Courtesy of Canrehab.co.uk)
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2. Hewitt M, Greenfield. S., Stovall, E. From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Translation. Washington DC: US National Academy of Sciences, 2006.
3. Irwin M, McTiernan A, Bernstein L, Gilliland FD, Baumgartner R, Baumgartner K, Ballard-Barbash R. Physical activity levels among breast cancer survivors. Medicine and science in sports and exercise 2004;36:1484-1491
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5. Courneya KS, Friedenreich CM. Physical exercise and quality of life following cancer diagnosis: a literature review. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 1999;21:171-179.
6. Lucia A, Earnest C, Pérez M. Cancer-related fatigue: can exercise physiology assist oncologists. Lancet Oncology 2003;4:616-625.
7. Holmes MD, Chen WY, Feskanich D, Kroenke CH, Colditz GA. Physical activity and survival after breast cancer diagnosis. JAMA 2005;293(20):2479 - 86.
8. Meyerhardt JA, Giovannucci, E.L., Holmes, M.D., Chan, A.T., Chan, J.A., Colditz, G.A., Fuchs, C.S. Physical activity and survival after colorectal diagnosis. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2006;24(22):3527-3534.
9. Stevinson, Clare; Lawlor, Debbie A and Fox, Kenneth R. Exercise interventions for cancer patients: systematic review of controlled clinical trials. Cancer Causes and Control 2004;15:1035-1056.
10. Knols R, Aaronson NK, Uebelhart D, Fransen J, Aufdemkampe G. Physical exercise in cancer patients during and after medical treatment: a systematic review of randomized and controlled clinical trials. J Clin Oncol 2005;23(16):3830 - 42.
11. Markes M, Brockow T, Resch K. Exercise for women receiving adjuvant therapy for breast cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Chichester, UK, 2006:Issue 4.
12. McNeely ML, Campbell KL, Rowe BH, Klassen TP, Mackey JR, Courneya KS. Effects of exercise on breast cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ 2006;175(1):34-41.
13. Oldervoll LM, Kaasa S, Hjermstad MJ, Lund JA, Loge JH. Physical exercise results in the improved subjective well-being of a few or is effective rehabilitation for all cancer patients? European Journal of Cancer 2004;40:951-962.
14. Humpel N, Iverson DC. Review and critique of the quality of exercise recommendations for cancer patients and survivors. Support Care Cancer 2005.
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16. Courneya KS, Mackey JR, McKenzie D. Exercise for breast cancer survivors: research evidence and clinical guidelines. The Physician and Sportsmedicine 2002;30(8):33-42.
17. Emslie C, Whyte F, Campbell A, Mutrie N, Lee L, Ritchie D, et al. “I wouldn't have been interested in just sitting round a table talking about cancer; exploring the experiences of women with breast cancer in a group exercise trial Health Education Research 2006;in press
