Exercise‐induced immune response in breast cancer patients during prehabilitation, neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
These meta-analyses suggest that exercise does not significantly alter immune function or markers of inflammation in BC patients during prehabilitation, adjuvant or neoadjuvant treatment. As no negative effect was observed, exercise appears to be safe and should be recommended to patients during cancer treatment because of its beneficial effects on quality of life, fatigue, cancer-related pain and survival.
Authors
- Jolien Hendrix (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6375-5636)
- J. Nijs
- Kenza Mostaqim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9962-1311)
- Eva Huysmans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2571-6967)
- Joeri L. Aerts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9902-3696)
- Lore Dams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1283-6185)
- Astrid Lahousse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3967-8348)
- Christel Fontaine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4524-5744)
- Andrea Polli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8559-2217)
- Ishtiaq Ahmed
- Simone Ubaghs
- Yanthe Buntinx (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1308-6171)
Institutions
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Research Foundation - Flanders (BE)
- Antwerp University Hospital (BE)
- Pain in Motion (BE)
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (BE)
- Hasselt University (BE)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.70176
- Primary Topic
- Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00