Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Physical exercise in cancer: general recommendations might not be enough

  • Letter to the editor
  • Published:
Cancer Causes & Control Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Sweegers MG, Altenburg TM, Brug J et al (2018) Effects and moderators of exercise on muscle strength, muscle function and aerobic fitness in patients with cancer: a meta-analysis of individual patient data. Br J Sports Med. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-099191

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Montalvo RN, Hardee JP, VanderVeen BN, Carson JA (2018) Resistance exercise’s ability to reverse cancer-induced anabolic resistance. Exerc Sport Sci Rev 46:247–253

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Shachar SS, Williams GR, Muss HB, Nishijima TF (2016) Prognostic value of sarcopenia in adults with solid tumours: a meta-analysis and systematic review. Eur J Cancer 57:58–67

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Scharhag-Rosenberger F, Kuehl R, Klassen O et al (2015) Exercise training intensity prescription in breast cancer survivors: validity of current practice and specific recommendations. J Cancer Surviv 9:612–619

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Adams SC, Iyengar NM, Scott JM, Jones LW (2018) Exercise implementation in oncology: one size does not fit all. J Clin Oncol 36:925–926

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Funding

This work is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (Contract Number FPU14/03435 to Morales), and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias and Fondos FEDER [Grant Numbers PI15/00558 and PI18/00139 to Lucia]).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Calle Tajo, s/n, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670, Madrid, Spain

    Mario Redondo, Javier S. Morales & Alejandro Lucia

  2. Instituto de Investigación ‘i+12’, Av. Cordoba s/n, 28041, Madrid, Spain

    Alejandro Lucia

  3. Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Avenida Reyes Católicos, 2, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Isabel Prieto

Authors
  1. Mario Redondo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Javier S. Morales
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Alejandro Lucia
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Isabel Prieto
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Mario Redondo.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Redondo, M., Morales, J.S., Lucia, A. et al. Physical exercise in cancer: general recommendations might not be enough. Cancer Causes Control 31, 83–84 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-019-01243-6

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-019-01243-6

Search

Navigation