%0 Journal Article
%A Clauss, Dorothea
%A Tjaden, Christine
%A Hackert, Thilo
%A Schneider, Lutz
%A Ulrich, Cornelia M
%A Wiskemann, Joachim
%A Steindorf, Karen
%T Cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength in pancreatic cancer patients.
%J Supportive care in cancer
%V 25
%N 9
%@ 1433-7339
%C Berlin
%I Springer
%M DKFZ-2017-01514
%P 2797 - 2807
%D 2017
%X Cancer patients frequently experience reduced physical fitness due to the disease itself as well as treatment-related side effects. However, studies on physical fitness in pancreatic cancer patients are missing. Therefore, we assessed cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength of pancreatic cancer patients.We included 65 pancreatic cancer patients, mostly after surgical resection. Cardiorespiratory fitness was assessed using cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and 6-min walk test (6MWT). Hand-held dynamometry was used to evaluate isometric muscle strength. Physical fitness values were compared to reference values of a healthy population. Associations between sociodemographic and clinical variables with patients' physical fitness were analyzed using multiple regression models.Cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2peak, 20.5 ± 6.9 ml/min/kg) was significantly lower (-24
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:28417202
%R 10.1007/s00520-017-3694-8
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/125384