Preoperative exercise training for patients with non-small cell lung cancer
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This review is published as a Cochrane Review in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 12. Cochrane Reviews are regularly updated as new evidence emerges and in response to comments and criticisms, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews should be consulted for the most recent version of the Review.
Copyright © 2015 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Reproduced with permission.
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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The primary aims of this study are to determine the effect of preoperative exercise training on postoperative outcomes, such as risk of developing a postoperative pulmonary complication and postoperative duration of chest tube, in adults scheduled to undergo lung resection for NSCLC. The secondary aims of this study are to determine the effect of preoperative exercise training on length of hospital stay, fatigue, dyspnoea, exercise capacity, lung function and postoperative mortality in adults scheduled to undergo lung resection for NSCLC.
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