Home-based exercise improves quality of life in breast and prostate cancer survivors: A meta-analysis.

Lauren C BatesSasha RileyCameron StopforthKaileigh MoertlKyle EdgarLee Stoner Erik D Hanson

Published in: PloS one (2023)

Home-based exercise results in small improves QoL in BCa/PCa survivors, independent of cancer type, intervention duration and type, or age. Home-based exercise also improves PA and CRF enhancing survivorship. Therefore, home-based exercise is an efficacious alternative option to improve QoL for BCa and PCa survivors especially for those who live in rural communities or lack access to exercise facilities.

Keyphrases

high intensity
prostate cancer
physical activity
resistance training
young adults
randomized controlled trial
radical prostatectomy
squamous cell carcinoma
body composition