Impact of exercise on health outcomes in people with cancer: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials (2025)

1. Xue-Li Bai1,
2. Yu Li2,3,
3. Zan-Fei Feng2,3,
4. Fan Cao4,5,
5. Dong-Dong Wang3,4,
6. Jing Ma2,
7. Dan Yang2,3,
8. Dong-Run Li4,5,
9. Qian Fang3,4,5,
10. Ying Wang2,3,
11. Xiao-Feng Jiang1,
12. Dong-Hui Huang4,5,
13. Xiao-Ying Li4,5,
14. Jia-Kai Guo6,
15. Na Zhao7,
16. Zhi-Tong Li8,
17. Qi-Peng Ma2,
18. Lei Wang2,
19. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9421-5114Qi-Jun Wu2,3,4,5,9,
20. Ting-Ting Gong2

1. ¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
2. ²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
3. ³Department of Epidemiology, China Medical University School of Public Health, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
4. ⁴Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
5. ⁵Clinical Research Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
6. ⁶Hospital Management Office, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
7. ⁷Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
8. ⁸Department of Cardiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
9. ⁹NHC Key Laboratory of Advanced Reproductive Medicine and Fertility (China Medical University), National Health Commission, Shenyang, China

1. Correspondence to Dr Qi-Jun Wu; wuqj{at}sj-hospital.org; Dr Ting-Ting Gong; gongtt{at}sj-hospital.org; Dr Lei Wang; wangl6{at}sj-hospital.org; Dr Qi-Peng Ma; maqipeng1985{at}163.com

• Meta-analysis
• Exercise
• Randomised Controlled Trial
• Review

• Meta-analysis
• Exercise
• Randomised Controlled Trial
• Review

Footnotes

• X-LB, YL, Z-FF and FC contributed equally.

• Contributors X-LB, YL, Q-JW and T-TG contributed to the study design. X-LB, YL, Z-FF, JM, DY, D-RL, QF and YW collection of data. X-LB, YL, Z-FF, X-FJ, Z-TL, D-HH, J-KG, NZ and X-YL analysis of data. X-LB, YL, Z-FF, FC, D-DW, Q-PM, LW, Q-JW and T-TG wrote the first draft of the manuscript and edited the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. X-LB, YL, Z-FF and FC contributed equally to this work. Q-JW was the study guarantor.

• Funding This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 82373674 to Q-JW and No. 82103914 to T-TG), Scientific Research Project of Education Department of Liaoning Province (No. LJKMZ20221137 to T-TG), Liaoning Province Science and Technology Plan (No. 2023JH2/20200019 to QJ-W), Youth Scientist Program of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Education (No. LJ212410159082 to X-LB), Shenyang Science and Technology Plan (Medical-Engineering Integration) (No. 24-214-3-22 to Gong TT), Outstanding Scientific Fund of Shengjing Hospital (QJ-W) and Liaoning Province Livelihood Science and Technology Plan Project (2021JH2/10300040).

• Competing interests None declared.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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