Study on the Benefit of Postoperative Exercise Rehabilitation in Patients with 
Lung Cancer Complicated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Published in: Zhongguo fei ai za zhi Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 14 - 20
• Main Authors: Yu, Zhonghua, Xie, Guosheng, Qin, Changlong, Qiu, Xiaoming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China Chinese Anti-Cancer Association Chinese Antituberculosis Association 20.01.2022; Chinese Anti-Cancer Association; Chinese Antituberculosis Association
• Subjects: Biobanks; Cancer surgery; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - complications; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - surgery; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Exercise; exercise endurance; Fitness training programs; Forced Expiratory Volume; Humans; Lung cancer; lung function; lung neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms - complications; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Medical prognosis; Medical screening; Physical fitness; postoperative rehabilitation; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Rehabilitation; Systematic review; Thoracic surgery; we-chat step counting; United Kingdom > UK; China; Exercise endurance; We-chat step counting; Lung function; Postoperative rehabilitation; Lung neoplasms
• ISSN: 1009-3419; 1999-6187
• DOI: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2021.102.51

Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) affects 45%-63% of lung cancer patients worldwide. Lung cancer patients complicated with COPD have decreased cardiopulmonary function and increased perioperative risk, and their postoperative exercise endurance and lung function are significantly lower than those with conventional lung cancer. Previous studies have shown that postoperative exercise training can improve the exercise endurance of unselected lung cancer patients, but it is unclear whether lung cancer patients with COPD can also benefit from postoperative exercise training. This study intends to explore the effects of postoperative exercise training on exercise endurance, daily activity and lung function of lung cancer patients with COPD. Seventy-four patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) complicated with COPD who underwent pneumonectomy in the lung cancer center of West China Hospital of Sichuan University from August 5, 2020 to August 25, 2021 were prospectively analyzed. They were random