A randomized, controlled trial of aerobic exercise for treatment-related fatigue in men receiving radical external beam radiotherapy for localized prostate carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 550-557

  Windsor, Phyllis M ^a   Nicol, Kathleen F ^a   Potter, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic activity; Brief Fatigue Inventory; Prostate carcinoma; Radiation fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION BEAM; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; WALKING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242812898     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20378     Document Type: Article

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