Rationale and study protocol of the Physical Activity and Dietary intervention in women with OVArian cancer (PADOVA) study: a randomised controlled trial to evaluate effectiveness of a tailored exercise and dietary intervention on body composition, physical function and fatigue in women with ovarian cancer undergoing chemotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As a consequence of ovarian cancer and its treatment, many women with ovarian cancer have to deal with reduced physical function, fatigue, and loss of weight and/or muscle mass, compromising quality of life. Exercise and dietary interventions can positively influence body composition, physical fitness and function, and fatigue in patients with cancer. However, there are no data from randomised controlled trials on the effectiveness of exercise and dietary interventions in patients with ovarian cancer. Due to a complex disease trajectory, a relatively poor survival and distinct disease-induced and treatment-induced side effects, it is unclear whether exercise and dietary interventions that were shown to be feasible and effective in other types of cancer produce comparab

SUBMITTER: Stelten S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643503 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature