Determinants of quality of life in patients following pulmonary resection for lung cancer

Paull, Douglas E.; Thomas, Michelle; Meade, Glory E.; Updyke, Glenda M.; Arocho, Michael A.; Chin, Hong W.; Adebonojo, Samuel A.; Little, Alex G.

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.08.019

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“…Previous studies have focused on the HRQoL after lobectomy [10][11][12]. Traditional means of postoperative assessment such as survival rate and improvement in disease-related symptoms ignore patients' subjective perception of healthrelated quality of life (HRQoL) or well-being.…”

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Pneumonectomy: Post-operative quality of life and lung function

et al. 2007

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Pneumonectomy: Post-operative quality of life and lung function

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“…Approximately 26,000 individuals per year, in the U.S., will survive more than 5 years after initial diagnosis of lung cancer (Jemal et al 2009). Given improving prognosis, long-term treatmentrelated morbidity, and overall QOL are becoming increasingly recognized as outcomes of major clinical importance in the management of lung cancer (Woodward et al 2007;Kenny et al 2008;Fan et al 2007;Paull et al 2006;Rumble et al 2005;Li et al 2004).…”

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Physical Activity and Lung Cancer Survivorship

Jones

2010

Recent Results in Cancer Research

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A lung cancer diagnosis and associated therapeutic management is associated with unique and varying degrees of adverse physical/functional impairments that dramatically reduce a patient's ability to tolerate exercise. Poor exercise tolerance predisposes to increased susceptibility to other common age-related diseases, poor quality of life (QOL), and likely premature death. Here we review the putative literature investigating the role of exercise as an adjunct therapy across the lung cancer continuum (i.e., diagnosis to palliation). The current evidence suggests that exercise training is a safe and feasible adjunct therapy for operable lung cancer patients both before and after pulmonary resection. Among patients with inoperable disease, feasibility and safety studies of carefully prescribed exercise training are warranted. Preliminary evidence in this area supports that exercise therapy may be an important consideration in multidisciplinary management of patients diagnosed with lung cancer.

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“…Paull et al 13 measured QoL prior to resection, at 0 to 3 months following resection, and at more than 3 months after resection in 37 patients with early-stage NSCLC using Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung (FACT-L). Preoperative dyspnoea and postoperative chemotherapy were associated with worse postoperative QoL.…”

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confidence: 99%