Exercise as a Cancer Treatment
A special issue of Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology (ISSN 2411-5142). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Exercise for Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025
Special Issue Editor
Interests: exercise; immunology; nutrition; cancer; molecular biology; pharmacology; aging
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology (JFMK) is announcing a Special Issue dedicated to research on exercise oncology. The theme of this Special Issue will be “Exercise as a Cancer Treatment”. The number of people living with or surviving cancer is expected to increase due to better screening programs and advances in treatment. In addition to survival, efforts have begun to be directed at improving the quality of life and health of cancer survivors. With this goal in mind, exercise is established as a supportive care intervention for many different cancer populations during and after various cancer treatment modalities. Documented benefits include improvements in health-related fitness, physical functioning, symptoms/side effects, psychosocial functioning, and quality of life. Exercise has not been established, however, as a cancer treatment for any type of cancer in any clinical oncology setting. Papers appropriate for this Special Issue will examine exercise after a cancer diagnosis and report a clinical cancer outcome (e.g., cell/tumor growth, tumor response, disease recurrence, progression, death from cancer). Papers reporting only mechanisms (e.g., inflammatory markers, immune parameters) or overall survival (death from any cause) will not be considered for this Special Issue unless they also include a clinical cancer outcome. The types of papers that we seek are original articles or systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Study designs of interest include preclinical models (in vitro and in vivo), observational studies, and clinical trials. Papers that focus on understudied cancer populations based on demographic, health, or disease characteristics are encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Diego Fernández Lázaro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cancer care
- physical exercise
- biomarkers
- survivors
- fatigue
- quality of life
- adjuvant therapy
- physical performance
- chemokines
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