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- Title
Associations of Physical Activity and Exercise with Health-related Outcomes in Patients with Melanoma During and After Treatment: A Systematic Review.
- Authors
Crosby, Brendan J.; Lopez, Pedro; Galvão, Daniel A.; Newton, Robert U.; Taaffe, Dennis R.; Meniawy, Tarek M.; Warburton, Lydia; Khattak, Muhammad A.; Gray, Elin S.; Singh, Favil
- Abstract
Purpose: Although exercise medicine is recommended to counter treatment-related side-effects and improve health-related outcomes of patients affected by different cancers, no specific recommendations exist for patients with melanoma. As a result, we systematically examined the current evidence regarding the effects of physical activity and exercise on objectively-measured and patient-reported outcomes among patients with melanoma. Methods: Searches were conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, SPORTDiscus, and Web of Science databases. This review included published data involving physical activity or exercise and objectively-measured or patient-reported outcomes of patients with cutaneous melanoma. The quality of included studies was assessed using the McMaster University Critical Appraisal Tool for Quantitative Studies. Results: Six studies including 882 patients with melanoma were included. Studies presented heterogeneity of design with 2 cross-sectional surveys, 2 retrospective analyses, and 2 non-randomized intervention trials. No statistically significant change in quality of life, fatigue, physical function, cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, psychological distress, cognitive function, or treatment-related side-effects were attributable to physical activity or exercise. Importantly, physical activity or exercise during melanoma treatment or into survivorship did not adversely impact patients/survivors. Conclusion: In summary, physical activity or exercise did not adversely impact quality of life, objectively-measured or patient-reported outcomes in patients with melanoma. In addition, there is a paucity of quality studies examining the effects of physical activity or exercise on patients with melanoma throughout the cancer care continuum.
- Subjects
MELANOMA treatment; ONLINE information services; CINAHL database; MEDICAL information storage &; retrieval systems; SYSTEMATIC reviews; HEALTH outcome assessment; SPORTS; SKIN tumors; PHYSICAL activity; PRESUMPTIONS (Law); QUALITY of life; MEDLINE; INFORMATION storage &; retrieval systems; EXERCISE therapy; EVALUATION
- Publication
Integrative Cancer Therapies, 2021, Vol 20, p1
- ISSN
1534-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/15347354211040757