PLENARY SESSION: (PL-PS02) Personalized exercise oncology

PL-PS02 Personalized exercise oncology
Date: 04.07.2019
Lecture room: Congress Hall
Time: 11:30 - 12:45

Chair(s):
JOACHIM WISKEMANN - NATIONAL CENTER FOR TUMOR DISEASES (NCT) / GERMANY
BENTE KLARLUND PEDERSEN - RIGSHOSPITALET / DENMARK

1. EVIDENCE-BASED EXERCISE GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER

WISKEMANN, J., SCHMITZ, K. / GERMANY

ABSTRACT:
The implementation of exercise and cancer guidelines varies largely between countries. Some countries do have rehabilitation systems in place where every patient has covered access to. Others, have limited access and/or only partly coverage by the health care system. Further, existing programs are sometimes evidence-based and following guidelines, others not. For example, in the Netherlands, large randomized controlled clinical trials have been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of exercise programs that meet the Dutch cancer rehabilitation guidelines in various patient groups (Alpe d’HuZes Cancer Rehabilitation). In the UK Macmillan Cancer Support’s “Move More” campaign aims at encouraging more people living with cancer to adopt a healthier lifestyle by being more active both during and after cancer treatment. Therefore, a structured qualification program (CanRehab) was developed and evaluated as well as recently recognized by the health care system. In Germany, a guideline-orientated inpatient rehabilitation system is in place regarding exercise sessions as a central measure of care. However, this system is not evaluated but further concepts of early outpatient rehabilitation were recently developed and are currently under evaluation (Oncological Training Therapy/OnkoAktiv). There are also comprehensive exercise-based rehabilitation systems in Scandinavian countries and a trend to more structured rehabilitation in Northern America.
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2. IMPLEMENTATION OF EXERCISE AND CANCER GUIDELINES IN EUROPE
SCHMITZ, K., WISKEMANN, J. / UNITED STATES

ABSTRACT:
The implementation of exercise and cancer guidelines varies largely between countries. Some countries do have rehabilitation systems in place where every patient has covered access to. Others, have limited access and/or only partly coverage by the health care system. Further, existing programs are sometimes evidence-based and following guidelines, others not. For example, in the Netherlands, large randomized controlled clinical trials have been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of exercise programs that meet the Dutch cancer rehabilitation guidelines in various patient groups (Alpe d’HuZes Cancer Rehabilitation). In the UK Macmillan Cancer Support’s “Move More” campaign aims at encouraging more people living with cancer to adopt a healthier lifestyle by being more active both during and after cancer treatment. Therefore, a structured qualification program (CanRehab) was developed and evaluated as well as recently recognized by the health care system. In Germany, a guideline-orientated inpatient rehabilitation system is in place regarding exercise sessions as a central measure of care. However, this system is not evaluated but further concepts of early outpatient rehabilitation were recently developed and are currently under evaluation (Oncological Training Therapy/OnkoAktiv). There are also comprehensive exercise-based rehabilitation systems in Scandinavian countries and a trend to more structured rehabilitation in Northern America.