Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Anti-Cancer Agents

Author(s): Shinichiro Morishita, Atsuhiro Tsubaki and Jack B. Fu

DOI: 10.2174/9789811405150119050004

Physical Exercise for Cancer Patients Treated with Chemotherapy

Pp: 22-49 (28)

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

Abstract

The use of chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer, although increasingly efficacious for improving survival, produces short- and long-term negative physiological side effects. Sleep disturbance, fatigue, and depressed mood are common and distressing problems that occur during and after chemotherapy. Furthermore, after chemotherapy, cancer patients tend to experience decreased cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength. These changes lead to a decrease in physical function and quality of life (QoL). Physical exercise has been shown to improve physical function and QoL in cancer patients during and after chemotherapy. Physical exercise may also alleviate symptoms that interfere with physical fatigue, mental fatigue, treatment-related fatigue, muscle pain, arthralgia, and other pain, depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Furthermore, physical exercise prolongs survival and reduces the mortality of these patients. Based on previous scientific reports, this chapter introduces the role of physical exercise in the care of cancer patients treated with chemotherapy.

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