Physical Activity, Biomarkers, and Disease Outcomes in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review
University of Alberta · Alberta Health Services · +6 more institutions
Abstract
Cancer survivors often seek information about how lifestyle factors, such as physical activity, may influence their prognosis. We systematically reviewed studies that examined relationships between physical activity and mortality (cancer-specific and all-cause) and/or cancer biomarkers.
We identified 45 articles published from January 1950 to August 2011 through MEDLINE database searches that were related to physical activity, cancer survival, and biomarkers potentially relevant to cancer survival. We used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Statement to guide this review. Study characteristics, mortality outcomes, and biomarker-relevant and subgroup results were abstracted for each article that met the inclusion criteria (ie, research articles that included participants with a cancer diagnosis, mortality outcomes, and an assessment of physical activity).
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 36.03
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 70
Authors
6- RBRachel Ballard‐BarbashCorresponding
University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, National Institutes of Health, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services
- CMChristine M. Friedenreich
Alberta Health Services, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, University of Alberta
- KSKerry S. Courneya
Alberta Health Services, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, University of Alberta, National Cancer Institute, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, National Institutes of Health
- SMSameer M. Siddiqi
National Institutes of Health, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, National Cancer Institute
- AMAnne McTiernan
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Alberta Health Services, University of Alberta, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
Topics & keywords
- Cancer
- Disease
- Medicine
- Physical activity
- Systematic review
- MEDLINE
- Gerontology
- Oncology
- Good health and well-being