The Effect of Exercises on Health Outcomes of Women With Breast Cancer

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the most lethal malignancy among women around the world. Diagnosis, treatment, and treatmentcomplications incur physical, mental and social complications, and consequently reduce the quality of life in these patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of exercises on health outcomes of women with breast cancer . Methods: Data from this review article is achieved with search identified key words from scientific literature and databases Pub med, SID, Elsevier, Google scholar. Results: The results showed that aerobic activity improves cardiovascular and respiratory readiness in women with breast cancer. Studies also show that overweight women after breast cancer diagnosis compared with women who after the diagnosis, keep their weight at increased risk for breast cancer recurrence and death are. Exercise improves quality of life, particularly in the areas of physical, cognitive, social. Discussion and conclusion: Well-designed exercises are effective and beneficial for improving women’s physical, physiological, and psychological health outcomes after breast cancer treatment as well as to facilitate changes in exercise behaviors. The feasibility of applying intervention protocols, efficiency of interventions, and strengths of exercise protocols should be further examined.

کلیدواژه ها:

breast cancer ، health outcomes ، exercise