Reporter brief
Exercise training evaluated for skeletal muscle mass changes and prognosis prediction in head and neck cancer patients; prospective study
What happened
A prospective study planned to enroll 60 head and neck cancer patients (30 experimental, 30 control) to examine whether exercise training after chemoradiotherapy changes skeletal muscle mass measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and CT imaging, and whether these changes associate with systemic inflammatory markers and cancer prognosis. Patients in the experimental group received 36 exercise training sessions with pre- and post-intervention measurements of muscle mass and inflammatory biomarkers.
Why it matters
Assessment pending; this report does not establish a change in evidence.
What it does NOT prove
- Limitations have not been recorded; consult the primary source.
Study design and sample
Rct; Human.
Head and Neck cancer patients enrolled at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Design
- Rct
- Sample
- 60
- Journal
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
Effect size
Not recorded.
Caveats
- Assessment: Superseded.
- Only the source material recorded on this evidence page was assessed.
Conflicts and funding
Not recorded.
Previous evidence
See the Exercise timeline and recorded assessment for prior evidence.
Primary source
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