Physical activity and childhood cancer

Winter Corinna, Müller Carsten, Hoffmann Christiane, Boos Joachim, Rosenbaum Dieter

Zusammenfassung

This review provides a survey of studies investigating physicalactivity and exercise interventions in patients during tumor treatmentand survivors of childhood cancer. PubMed and Medline databaseswere searched using relevant terms. References of selected paperswere tracked. A total of 28 studies could be identified. Seventeenstudies investigated physical activity, 11 studies determined theeffect of activity enhancing interventions during and after therapy.Even though most studies showed limitations and results were notconsistent, considerably reduced physical activity is highly probablein patients during and after therapy. Studies on interventionsprovided promising results and revealed challenges to be faced.Pediatr Blood Cancer 2010;54:501-510.