The international surgical journal with global reach

This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Effects of exercise dose and type during breast cancer chemotherapy: multicenter randomized trial. J Natl Cancer Inst 2013; 105: 1821-1832.

Published: 15th May 2014

Authors: Courneya KS, McKenzie DC, Mackey JR, Gelmon K, Friedenreich CM, Yasui Y et al. et al.

Conclusion

Three different exercise schedules were compared in this study that included 301 patients. The two higher intensity programmes did not appear to have an overall advantage as measured by physical functioning quality of life, over standard supervised aerobic exercise.