Physical activity for cancer survivors

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Physical activity for cancer survivors: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Daniel Y T Fong,1 Judy W C Ho,2 Bryant P H Hui,3 Antoinette M Lee,4 Duncan J Macfarlane,5 Sharron S K
Leung,1 Ester Cerin,5 Wynnie Y Y Chan,6 Ivy P F Leung,7 Sharon H S Lam,8 Aliki J Taylor,9 Kar-keung Cheng9
1
School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing
Faculty of Medicine, University of
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2
Division of Colorectal Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing
Faculty of Medicine, University of
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
3
Department of Applied Social
Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, Hung Hom, Kowloon,
Hong Kong
4
Department of Psychiatry, Li
Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine,
University of Hong Kong, Queen
Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong
Kong
5
Institute of Human Performance,
University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam,
Hong Kong
6
College of Life Sciences and
Technology, Dietetics, Food and
Nutritional Sciences, School of
Professional and Continuing
Education, University of Hong Kong,
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
7
Department of Dietetics, Queen
Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong
Kong
8
College of International Education
(CIE), Hong Kong Baptist University,
Shek Mun, Shatin, Hong Kong
9
Department of Public Health,
Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
University of Birmingham, Public
Health Building, Edgbaston,
Birmingham B15 2TT, United
Kingdom
Correspondence to: J W C Ho,
Division of Colorectal Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Queen
Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road,
Hong Kong SAR, China judyho@ hkucc.hku.hk Cite this as: BMJ 2012;344:e70 doi: 10.1136/bmj.e70

Objective To systematically evaluate the effects of physical activity in adult patients after completion of main treatment related to cancer.
Design Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials with data extraction and quality assessment performed independently by two researchers.
Data sources Pubmed, CINAHL, and Google Scholar from the earliest possible year