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¡RETO aceptado! Ejercicio en oncología: de "Cuidados de Soporte" a "Tratamiento Efectivo"
Aureliano Stingi1, Giuseppe Aprile2, Sara Aspromonte3
1AEON Foundation, Bruxelles, Belgium.
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Resumen
El ejercicio físico estructurado mejora significativamente la supervivencia de los pacientes con cáncer de colon. El ensayo CHALLENGE mostró un aumento de la supervivencia libre de enfermedad y una reducción de la mortalidad, destacando el ejercicio como un tratamiento vital contra el cáncer.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Oncología; Ciencia del Ejercicio; Ensayos Clínicos
Sus antecedentes:
- La oncología moderna integra cada vez más intervenciones no farmacológicas en las vías de atención al paciente.
- El ejercicio físico estructurado está evolucionando de una recomendación general a un tratamiento clínicamente impactante.
- La evidencia apoya el papel del ejercicio en el manejo de diversos tipos de cáncer, incluidos los de mama, próstata y pulmón.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Revisar la evidencia que apoya el ejercicio físico estructurado como tratamiento contra el cáncer.
- Analizar las barreras y estrategias de implementación para integrar el ejercicio en la atención oncológica.
- Evaluar los impactos psicológicos y económicos de las intervenciones de ejercicio en pacientes con cáncer.
Principales métodos:
- Revisión de la literatura existente sobre ejercicio físico en oncología.
- Análisis de datos del ensayo CHALLENGE de fase III en el que participaron 889 pacientes con cáncer de colon en estadio II-III.
- Examen de modelos de implementación como el tele-ejercicio y profesionales sanitarios dedicados.
Principales resultados:
- El ensayo CHALLENGE demostró un aumento absoluto del 6,4% en la supervivencia libre de enfermedad (SLE) a 5 años (HR 0,72) en pacientes con cáncer de colon.
- Se observó una reducción del 37% en la mortalidad general (HR 0,63) en el mismo ensayo.
- Los datos observacionales corroboran los beneficios en tipos de cáncer de mama, próstata y pulmón.
Conclusiones:
- El ejercicio físico estructurado es una intervención probada que mejora significativamente los resultados clínicos en pacientes con cáncer.
- Las estrategias de implementación como el tele-ejercicio y el apoyo profesional especializado son cruciales para integrar el ejercicio en la atención estándar.
- La investigación futura debe centrarse en optimizar la administración del ejercicio y evaluar sus beneficios psicológicos y económicos integrales.
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