Physical Activity and Exercise During and Post-Chemotherapy Treatment
A special issue of Current Oncology (ISSN 1718-7729).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 752
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Interests: physical activity; exercise; gait analysis; dynamic postural; fitness; balance; posture; biomechanics; human movement
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Interests: physical activity; injury prevention; human movement; resistance training; stretching, osteopathy.
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Interests: health professions; sport; exercise training; quality of life; health promotion; public health; aging
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Physical activity can comprise walking, running, swimming, biking, fitness, and much more. Scientific innovations have greatly improved cure rates. However, major concerns have been raised about the treatment and related numerous negative physical and psychological side effects associated with the deterioration in quality of life. The most frequent complications are the following: impaired growth and development, cognitive dysfunction, diminished neurological function, cardiopulmonary deficiencies, musculoskeletal complications, and secondary malignancies. Many studies have analyzed the effects of exercise on the most common malignant neoplasms. The literature suggests that physically active women have a lower risk of breast cancer than inactive women. The subjects that regularly practice physical activity had a 19% lower risk of colon cancer than those who were the least physically active. Several meta-analyses showed that physically active women had a 20% lower risk of endometrial cancer, and those who were most physically active had a 21% lower risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma. Furthermore, there is evidence that physical activity performed post-cancer diagnosis is correlated to lower risks of mortality from all causes and mortality from cancer, especially in colorectal cancer survivors and breast cancer. It would be interesting to propose a Special Issue open to the study of the effect of physical exercise in the period of chemotherapy treatment and subsequently.
Dr. Antonino Patti
Dr. Ewan Thomas
Dr. Valerio Giustino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Physical activity
- cancer
- prevention
- survival
- Exercise
- Lung cancer
- Comprehensive approach
- Lifestyle intervention
- Chemotherapy
- fitness tests
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