Physical exercise in cancer patients during and after medical treatment: A systematic review of randomized and controlled clinical trials

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3830-3842

  Knols, Ruud ^a   Aaronson, Neil K ^a   Uebelhart, Daniel ^a   Fransen, Jaap ^a   Aufdemkampe, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; KINESIOTHERAPY; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 20544432021     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.02.148     Document Type: Review

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