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A study looking at exercise to improve fitness after chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Rectal cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Pilot

Details

This study looked at whether a short period of exercise helped to improve the fitness of people after having chemoradiotherapy. The trial was for people with cancer of the back passage ().

Recruitment start: 1 March 2011

Recruitment end: 1 February 2013

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Malcolm West

Supported by

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

University of Liverpool

Last reviewed: 19 Oct 2014

CRUK internal database number: 9316

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