Dropout from exercise trials among cancer survivors-An individual patient data meta-analysis from the POLARIS study.
Benedikte WesternAndreas IvarssonIngvild VistadHenrik LindmanNeil K AaronsonGillian RadcliffeMarc van BeurdenMartin BohusKerry S CourneyaAmanda J DaleyDaniel A GalvãoRachel GarrodMartine M GoedendorpKathleen A GriffithWim H van HartenSandi C HayesFernando Herrero-RomanAnouk E HienschMelinda L IrwinErica JamesMarlou-Floor KenkhuisMarie José KerstenHans KnoopAlejandro LuciaAnne M MayAlex McConnachieWillem van MechelenNanette MutrieRobert U NewtonFrans NolletHester S OldenburgRon PlotnikoffMartina E SchmidtKatie H SchmitzKarl-Heinz SchulzCamille E ShortGabe S SonkeKaren SteindorfMartijn M StuiverDennis R TaaffeLene ThorsenMiranda J VelthuisJennifer WenzelKerri M Winters-StoneJoachim WiskemannSveinung BerntsenLaurien M BuffartPublished in: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports (2024)
There are several systematic differences between cancer survivors completing and dropping out from exercise trials, possibly affecting the external validity of exercise effects.