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Pre-surgical exercise intervention in prostate and rectal cancer survivors

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This thesis encompasses an introduction chapter of exercise and cancer, specifically prostate and rectal cancer (Chapter 1); two literature reviews, the first, a published systematic review examining the available literature on pre-surgical exercise in cancer and its effects on physiological and psychological outcomes (Chapter 2) and the second, a narrative review on pre-surgical chemoradiation treatment in rectal cancer (Chapters 3); and three experimental chapters (4 to 6) including: a feasibility and efficacy study on the effects of a pre-surgical exercise intervention in prostate cancer patients; a second feasibility and efficacy study on the effects of pre-surgical exercise in rectal cancer patients; and finally a study examining the effects of exercise undertaken concurrently with pre-surgical chemoradiation treatment in rectal cancer patients

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