TY  - JOUR
AU  - Clauss, Dorothea
AU  - Tjaden, Christine
AU  - Hackert, Thilo
AU  - Schneider, Lutz
AU  - Ulrich, Cornelia M
AU  - Wiskemann, Joachim
AU  - Steindorf, Karen
TI  - Cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength in pancreatic cancer patients.
JO  - Supportive care in cancer
VL  - 25
IS  - 9
SN  - 1433-7339
CY  - Berlin
PB  - Springer
M1  - DKFZ-2017-01514
SP  - 2797 - 2807
PY  - 2017
AB  - 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
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:28417202
DO  - DOI:10.1007/s00520-017-3694-8
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/125384
ER  -