Post‐diagnosis physical activity and sedentary behaviour and colorectal cancer prognosis: A Global Cancer Update Programme ( CUP Global) systematic literature review and meta‐analysis
Year: 2024
Type: review
Study designs: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis
Abstract: Low physical activity and high sedentary behaviour have been clearly linked with colorectal cancer development, yet data on their potential role in colorectal cancer survival is limited. Better characterisation of these relationships is needed for the development of post-diagnosis physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidance for colorectal cancer survivors. We searched PubMed and Embase through 28 February 2022 for studies assessing post-diagnosis physical activity, and/or sedentary behaviour in relation to all-cause and cause-specific mortality and recurrence after colorectal cancer diagnosis. Total and recreational physical activity were assessed overall and by frequency, duration, intensity, and volume using categorical, linear, and non-linear dose-response random-effects meta-analyses. The Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) independent Expert Committee on Cancer Survivorship and Expert Panel interpreted and graded the likelihood of causality. We identified 16 observational studies on 82,220 non-overlapping patients from six countries. Physical activity was consistently inversely associated with colorectal cancer morbidity and mortality outcomes, with 13%-60% estimated reductions in risk. Sedentary behaviour was positively associated with all-cause mortality. The evidence had methodological limitations including potential confounding, selection bias and reverse causation, coupled with a limited number of studies for most associations. The CUP Global Expert panel concluded limited-suggestive evidence for recreational physical activity with all-cause mortality and cancer recurrence. Total physical activity and its specific domains and dimensions, and sedentary behaviour were all graded as limited-no conclusion for all outcomes. Future research should focus on randomised trials, while observational studies should obtain objective and repeated physical activity measures and better adjustment for confounders.
Source: International Journal of Cancer
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34903
Authors: Georgios Markozannes, Nerea Becerra‐Tomás, Margarita Cariolou, Katia Balducci, Rita Vieira, Sonia Kiss, Dagfinn Aune, Darren C. Greenwood, Marc J. Gunter, Ellen Copson, Andrew G. Renehan, Martijn Bours, Wendy Demark‐Wahnefried, Melissa M. Hudson, Anne M. May, Folakemi T. Odedina, Roderick Skinner, Karen Steindorf, Anne Tjønneland, Galina Velikova, Monica L. Baskin, Rajiv Chowdhury, Lynette Hill, Sarah J. Lewis, Jaap Seidell, Matty P. Weijenberg, John Krebs, Amanda J. Cross, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Doris S. M. Chan
Institutions: University of Ioannina, Imperial College London, Cancer Registry of Norway, University of Leeds, Centre international de recherche sur le cancer, University of Southampton, University of Manchester, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre, Maastricht University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center (Florida), Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle University, German Cancer Research Center, National Center for Tumor Diseases, University of Copenhagen, Danish Cancer Society, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Florida International University, World Cancer Research Fund International, University of Bristol, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, University of Oxford
Language: English
Topic: Physical Activity and Health
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,840
OpenAlex ID: W4396589542