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STUDY PROTOCOL article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Breast Cancer
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1407919
This article is part of the Research Topic Multidisciplinary and Personalized Approach in the Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer View all 7 articles

Implementing fencing as adapted physical activity in non-metastatic breast cancer patients: design and early rehabilitation strategy of the FENICE study protocol

Provisionally accepted
Massimiliano Berretta Massimiliano Berretta 1*Daniele Garozzo Daniele Garozzo 2Calogero Foti Calogero Foti 2Mario Roselli Mario Roselli 2Marco Materazzo Marco Materazzo 2Giulia Vita Giulia Vita 2Ferdinando Iellamo Ferdinando Iellamo 2Marco Scordari Marco Scordari 2Giordana Di Mauro Giordana Di Mauro 1Giovanna Spatari Giovanna Spatari 1Alessandro Ottaiano Alessandro Ottaiano 3Annalisa Noce Annalisa Noce 2Marco Pelicciaro Marco Pelicciaro 2Alessia Bignucolo Alessia Bignucolo 1Gianluca Vanni Gianluca Vanni 2Oreste Claudio Buonomo Oreste Claudio Buonomo 2,4*
  • 1 University of Messina, Messina, Sicilia, Italy
  • 2 University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Lazio, Italy
  • 3 G. Pascale National Cancer Institute Foundation (IRCCS), Naples, Campania, Italy
  • 4 University of Basilicata, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

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    Background: Improving prognosis of BC patients has drawn the attention of health care professionals on disease related long-term side effects and on the multiple treatments BC patients must undergo. Despite advances in procedures, surgery still has multiple detrimental effects, including pain, edema, and limited mobility. For this reason, fostering adapted physical activity (APA) and healthy lifestyle (including a balanced diet and weight management) should become an everyday purpose of healthcare professionals. Fencing may be a well-suited activity to counteract fatigue, pain, and limited arm mobility. Method and analysis: the FENICE study is a mono-center, randomized clinical trial targeting women with BC stages I-III within four weeks from BC surgery. Participants in the control arm will receive the usual recommendations based on the good clinical practice guidelines. In the study arm, participants will be treated with the usual clinical and therapeutic recommendations together with APA and correct lifestyle suggestions.The primary objective of the study is to compare whether implementation of APA and healthy lifestyle in BC patient after surgery will result in an overall improvement of physical and mental status.Fencing and its early application in postoperative period may represent a feasible strategy to be implemented in the rehabilitation journey of BC patients.The study protocol FENICE has been approved by an Italian Ethics Committee on May 2023 (R.S 100.23 5 th May 2023).

    Keywords: BC, Surgery, Rehabilitation, Fencing, APA, Multidisciplinary Network

    Received: 17 Apr 2024; Accepted: 24 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Berretta, Garozzo, Foti, Roselli, Materazzo, Vita, Iellamo, Scordari, Di Mauro, Spatari, Ottaiano, Noce, Pelicciaro, Bignucolo, Vanni and Buonomo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Massimiliano Berretta, University of Messina, Messina, 98122, Sicilia, Italy
    Oreste Claudio Buonomo, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, 00173, Lazio, Italy

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