Physical activity as a supportive care intervention in palliative cancer patients: A systematic review

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-34

  Lowe, Sonya S ^a   Watanabe, Sharon M ^a   Courneya, Kerry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIRUBICIN; GEMCITABINE; PACLITAXEL; THALIDOMIDE;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CYCLING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849087358     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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