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CONTENTS
FOREWORD	5
1	 Theoretical part	 6
1.1	 Oncological diseases epidemiology 	 6
1.1.1	 Malignant neoplasm of the colon and rectum 	 7
1.1.2	 Malignant neoplasm of the lungs 	 8
1.1.3	 Malignant neoplasm of the breast	 8
1.1.4	 The malignant neoplasm of the prostate 	 10
1.1.5	 Other common tumours	 11
1.2	 Consequences and late complications of oncology treatment 	 11
1.2.1	Cardiotoxicity	 11
1.2.2	 Haematological toxicity	 12
1.2.3	 Nausea and vomiting after anticancer treatment	 12
1.2.4	 Mucositis 	 13
1.2.5	 Neurotoxic manifestations	 13
1.2.6	 Pulmonary toxicity	 13
1.2.7	Hepatotoxicity	 14
1.2.8	Nephrotoxicity	 14
1.2.9	 Skin toxicity 	 14
1.2.10	 Secondary tumours	 14
1.3	 Biological and physiological changes in the body
during tumorous disease and their long-term impact 	 14
1.4	 The effect of physical activity on the human body	 25
1.5	 Movement intervention in cancer patients	 37
1.5.1	 Recommendations for PA	 37
1.5.2	 Pre-rehabilitation movement intervention	 45
1.5.3	 Physical intervention during chemotherapy	 48
1.5.4	 Physical intervention after treatment in remission, survived	 49
1.5.5	 Exercise in patients with advanced and metastatic disease	 50
1.5.6	 Conclusion – proposal of physical programme	 50
1.5.7	 Contraindication for exercise	 52
1.5.8	 Risks linked with exercise 	 52
1.6	 Physical fitness monitoring 	 53
1.6.1	 Performance examination 	 53
1.6.2	 Body composition	 56
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1.6.3	Strength	 58
1.6.4	 Autonomic nervous system (ANS)	 59
1.6.5	 Quality of life	 60
2	 Research results	 63
2.1	 Physical intervention in haemato-oncology patients
in remission	 63
2.1.1	 Research aim	 63
2.1.2	Methodology	 63
2.1.3	 Research methods	 64
2.1.4	 Research design 	 65
2.1.5	 Physical intervention	 66
2.1.6	 Statistical data processing	 68
2.1.7	Results	 68
2.1.8	 Discussion 	 85
2.1.9	Conclusion	 87
CONCLUSION	88
SUMMARY	89
REFERENCES	90
INDEX	 113