title: [Pulmonary rehabilitation in the management of patients with lung cancer].
abstract: Pulmonary rehabilitation is an evidence-based, multidisciplinary and comprehensive non-medication intervention for patients with chronic respiratory diseases who are symptomatic and often have decreased daily life activities. Applications of pulmonary rehabilitaion in the management of patients with lung cancer are only recently emerging. Preliminary studies showed its effects in improving exercise tolerance, health-related quality of life and surgical candidacy and decreasing surgical morbidity. It shows promise as a therapeutic intervention in the management of lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.
authors.forename: Yanjie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Xiaoming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Qinghua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*