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The Effect of Physical Exercise on Physical Function and Survival Rate in Cancer Patients

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Cancer treatment, while improving prognosis, frequently also results in impairment of daily physical activities and can seriously affect the quality of life of cancer patients. Cancer rehabilitation strategies, like physical therapy, to overcome such physical dysfunctions are thus very essential, subsequent to cancer treatment. In recent years, through various studies, it has become clearer that exercise therapy, and the resulting improvement in physical function can greatly reduce the recurrence of cancer and improve prognosis.

This chapter describes the various physical function assessments and exercise therapy procedures currently in use for the physical therapy of cancer patients in Japan, and through a systematic review and meta-analysis, we have summarized their positive effects on recovery and relapse in cancer patients.

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Fukushima, T. (2022). The Effect of Physical Exercise on Physical Function and Survival Rate in Cancer Patients. In: Morishita, S., Inoue, J., Nakano, J. (eds) Physical Therapy and Research in Patients with Cancer. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6710-8_7

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