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Exercise in Pediatric Cancer Patients

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Exercise, Energy Balance, and Cancer

Part of the book series: Energy Balance and Cancer ((EBAC,volume 6))

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Physical activity (PA) programs are starting to emerge as beneficial ­during and after pediatric cancer treatment. Current evidence suggests that the bed rest traditionally recommended for child cancer patients could aggravate some of the side effects of treatments, particularly loss of physical function and muscle strength. In contrast, regular PA seems to play an important role in preventing, attenuating, and rehabilitating the mid- and long-term adverse effects of cancer treatment. In this chapter we review the main cancers that affect children, their treatments and side-effects, and describe the main findings of studies addressing the benefits of exercise interventions and their safety. Special attention is paid to acute lymphocytic leukemia as the most common childhood cancer and the most widely explored in terms of exercise research.

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Acknowledgements

Luisa Soares-Miranda is supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology SFRH/BPD/76947/2011.

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  1. Faculty of Sport, Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Luisa Soares-Miranda

  2. Department of Biomedicine, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Carmen Fiuza-Luces & Alejandro Lucia

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Soares-Miranda, L., Fiuza-Luces, C., Lucia, A. (2013). Exercise in Pediatric Cancer Patients. In: Ulrich, C., Steindorf, K., Berger, N. (eds) Exercise, Energy Balance, and Cancer. Energy Balance and Cancer, vol 6. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4493-0_10

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