Real-life feasibility of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in chemotherapy-treated patients with thoracic cancers: a pilot study

Real-life feasibility of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in chemotherapy-treated patients with thoracic cancers: a pilot study

Abstract Background Patients with advanced lung cancer (LC) or malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) exhibit limitation of exercise capacities and alteration of quality of life (QoL) induced by cancer and its treatment. Few studies assessed pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in these chemotherapy-treated...

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Main Authors: Cecile Olivier, Jean-Marie Grosbois, Alexis B. Cortot, Sophie Peres, Christophe Heron, Julie Delourme, Marianne Gierczynski, Anne Hoorelbeke, Arnaud Scherpereel, Olivier Le Rouzic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Lung neoplasms
Mesothelioma
Pulmonary rehabilitation
Chemotherapy
Quality of life
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4102-6

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