Assessment of the cardiorespiratory fitness and the quality of life of patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a prospective study.

Murat Akyol Alper Tuğral Zeynep Arıbaş Yeşim Bakar

Published in: Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) (2023)

This study showed that the effect of chemotherapy on diminished PF and remarkably increased symptom burden among BC patients. Yet, the type of chemotherapy had no effect on TWD regarding cardiorespiratory fitness. Monitoring potential functional decline regarding cardiorespiratory fitness can be performed via simple field tests such as 6MWT.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
chemotherapy induced
patient reported
risk assessment
risk factors