Effects of Physical Activity Interventions on Self-Perceived Health Status among Lung Cancer Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Patients with lung cancer may experience deterioration in quality of life due to adverse effects caused by their disease and its treatment. Although exercise programs have been shown to improve quality of life in certain stages of the disease, the overall impact on this population is unknown. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of physical activity on the self-perception of quality of life, physical wellbeing and dyspnea in lung cancer patients.

Intraperitoneal drug delivery for ovarian cancer: why, how, who, what, and when?

In 1996, intraperitoneal (IP) administration of cisplatin plus intravenous (i.v.) cyclophosphamide proved superior to both drugs given intravenously at the same doses--which, at the time, was the standard treatment in the United States.