Physical fitness and modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors in survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the SURfit study

C Schindera, SJ Zürcher, R Jung, S Boehringer… - Cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… This study investigated the relationship between physical fitness of adult childhood cancer
… of this cross-sectional study. In our study, we assessed overall physical fitness levels with the …

A partially supervised physical activity program for adult and adolescent survivors of childhood cancer (SURfit): study design of a randomized controlled trial …

CS Rueegg, S Kriemler, SJ Zuercher, C Schindera… - BMC cancer, 2017 - Springer
physical fitness and quality of life. Regular exercise can play a major role to mitigate or
prevent such late-effects. Despite this, there are no data on the effects of regular exercise in …

Adherence and contamination in a 1‐year physical activity program in childhood cancer survivors: a report from the SURfit study

R Jung, SJ Zürcher, C Schindera, J Braun… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… Only a few studies have focused on identifying predictors to … The aim of this study was to
describe and identify predictors of … PA over 1 year in adult CCS participating in the SURfit study. …

High impact physical activity and bone health of lower extremities in childhood cancer survivors: a cross‐sectional study of SURfit

SJ Zürcher, R Jung, S Monnerat… - … journal of cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… Although little is known about benefits in childhood cancer survivors (CCS), high-impact
loading physical activity (IL-PA) is a promising means of improving bone strength. In this study of …

Effect of a 1‐year physical activity intervention on quality of life, fatigue, and distress in adult childhood cancer survivors—A randomized controlled trial (SURfit)

WH Deng, SJ Zürcher, C Schindera, R Jung… - Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… fatigue can be explained by an increase in physical fitness. Although only around a fifth of
the … In conclusion, the SURfit study showed that our PA intervention over 12 months improved …

Effect of a 1-year physical activity intervention on cardiovascular health in long-term childhood cancer survivors—a randomised controlled trial (SURfit)

CS Rueegg, SJ Zürcher, C Schindera, R Jung… - British journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
… be the reason why we observed a positive effect on CVD risk and physical fitness in our
study, opposite to most of the above-mentioned trials in young survivors of childhood cancer. …

Exercise is an effective treatment modality for reducing cancer-related fatigue and improving physical capacity in cancer patients and survivors: a meta-analysis

EM McMillan, IJ Newhouse - Applied physiology, nutrition, and …, 2011 - cdnsciencepub.com
… The aims of this study were to apply a meta-analysis to … Studies were eligible if subjects
were over the age of 18 years… improving physical fitness in cancer patients and survivors. …

Physical activity and exercise for cancer-related cognitive impairment among individuals affected by childhood cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JDK Bernal, F Recchia, JY Danny, DY Fong… - The Lancet Child & …, 2023 - thelancet.com
… In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of physical … We included studies that compared
the effects of physical activity … references of the selected studies; extracted study-level data …

[HTML][HTML] The Physical Activity and Fitness in Childhood Cancer Survivors (PACCS) study: protocol for an international mixed methods study

HC Lie, S Anderssen, CS Rueegg… - JMIR research …, 2022 - researchprotocols.org
… and physical fitness (PF) in survivors of childhood cancer compared with controls have been
consistently reported, albeit with substantial heterogeneity across studies … -scale studies that …

Effects of a combined physical and psychosocial training for children with cancer: a randomized controlled trial

KI Braam, EM van Dijk-Lokkart, GJL Kaspers, T Takken… - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Physical fitness and psychosocial function is often reduced in children during or shortly after
cancer treatment. This study evaluates the effect of a combined physical … This study was able …