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Preoperative exercise halves the postoperative complication rate in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review of the effect of exercise on complications, length of stay and quality of life in patients with cancer

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  • Daniel Steffens Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Sydney, NSW, Australia School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Paula R Beckenkamp Musculoskeletal Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Discipline of Physiotherapy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mark Hancock Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael Solomon Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Sydney, NSW, Australia School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia Institute of Academic Surgery (IAS), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Sydney, NSW, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jane Young Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Sydney, NSW, Australia School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia Institute of Academic Surgery (IAS), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Sydney, NSW, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Daniel Steffens, Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia; daniel.steffens{at}health.nsw.gov.au
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Steffens D, Beckenkamp PR, Hancock M, et al
Preoperative exercise halves the postoperative complication rate in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review of the effect of exercise on complications, length of stay and quality of life in patients with cancer
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018;52:344.

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  • Accepted November 20, 2017
  • First published February 1, 2018.
Online issue publication 
August 10, 2020

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