The prescription or proscription of exercise in colorectal cancer care.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Clinical guidelines recommend that oncologists prescribe exercise to their patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). However, 84% of oncologists do not prescribe exercise, citing concerns of safety and feasibility. Data are inadequate regarding the proportion of CRC survivors that could be safely prescribed with the dose of exercise recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), American Cancer Society (ACS), or National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) in an unsupervised setting.

Methods

We reviewed published guidelines for exercise prescription among cancer survivors and extracted health factors that may necessitate referral to trained personnel (physical therapist or exercise professional) for an individualized exercise program or supervision of ex

SUBMITTER: Brown JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4390129 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature