What is it about?
We assessed physical performance (6 minutes walk test) and health-related quality of life 2 weeks after lung cancer surgery and aain one year after surgery. We also evaluated the association between both outcomes
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Why is it important?
The walked distance was associated with patient´s peception of physical functioning, evaluated via quality of life questionnaire SF-36. Most importantly, values of SF-36 one year after the surgery were comparable to a reference population
Perspectives
It is important to encourage and support patients who have gone through lung cancer surgery to achieve/resume adequate walking habits
Physiotherapist, Phd Barbara Brocki
Aalborg University Hospital
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This page is a summary of: Improvements in physical performance and health-related quality of life one year after radical operation for lung cancer, Cancer Treatment Communications, January 2015, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrc.2015.05.004.
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