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July 14, 2025CancersOpen Access

Assessing the Impact of Exercise on Quality of Life in Advanced-Stage Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

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YCYang-Yi ChangHHH. Y. HsiaoTWTingwei Wang

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Overview

Systematic review reveals aerobic training improves quality of life in advanced-stage cancer patients, highlighting exercise's potential benefits.

Key Points

  • Aerobic training showed the greatest improvement in quality of life, with a standardized mean difference of 0.30.
  • Strength training and combined training also improved quality of life but were less effective than aerobic training.
  • All exercise modalities had similar dropout rates, indicating strong adherence in advanced cancer populations.
  • No single exercise intervention was statistically superior, suggesting a need for individualized exercise prescriptions.

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Chang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a02afe6551bb0af8cc118https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17142329
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