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Walking may ameliorate fatigue in women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer
  1. Jasmine Yee1,2,
  2. Haryana Dhillon1,3
  1. 1 Faculty of Science, School of Psychology, Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-based Decision-making, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  2. 2 Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Exercise and Sport Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  3. 3 Faculty of Science, School of Psychology, Psycho-Oncology Cooperative Trials Group, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jasmine Yee, Faculty of Science, School of Psychology, Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-based Decision-making, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; jasmine.yee{at}sydney.edu.au

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103172

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    Commentary on: Huang HP, Wen FH, Yang TY, et al. The effect of a 12-week home-based walking program on reducing fatigue in women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a randomized controlled study. Int J Nurs Stud 2019;99:103376.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Walking during chemotherapy for breast cancer may minimise cancer-related fatigue.

    • Further research is needed to explore strategies to enhance adherence and the effects of walking in low-functioning and inactive women.

    Context

    Cancer-related fatigue is a common and debilitating symptom experienced by people with cancer. Evidence is increasingly supporting benefits of exercise in ameliorating fatigue during and following treatment for breast cancer.1 Home-based exercise interventions are advantageous due to low cost and high accessibility. Although not examined as extensively as supervised programmes, home-based interventions are not as effective in reducing fatigue.2 This study3 examines the effects …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.