Pulmonary rehabilitation for patients receiving lung cancer radiotherapy: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Radiotherapy (RT) can cause a range of negative impacts in addition to the intended treatment impacts. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) may improve the physical and psychological conditions of patients with lung cancer receiving RT, but specific evidence is lacking. This review mapped the evidence on PR in patients with lung cancer receiving RT for intervention characteristics and outcome assessments.

Data sources

PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Proquest, Web of Science, CNKI and WanFang were searched for studies from January 2003 to April 2025.

Eligibility criteria

We included randomised controlled trials and non-randomised comparative intervention studies that included centre-based PR in patients ≥18 years with lung cancer who were receiving RT. PR was defined as any

SUBMITTER: Sisi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12306476 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature