Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2020
Review Meta AnalysisExercise training for improving patient-reported outcomes in patients with advanced-stage cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Patients with advanced-stage cancer often suffer many physical and psychological symptoms. Exercise has been shown to improve quality of life (QoL), decrease cancer-related symptoms, and maintain or improve functional status in cancer survivors or patients with early stage cancer. However, the effect of exercise on these outcomes in patients with advanced-stage cancer is unclear. ⋯ Exercise serves as an effective intervention to improve QoL and alleviate fatigue, insomnia, dyspnea, and physical and social functions for patients with advanced-stage cancer.