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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Case studies part 2: lit review

Well, this was easy, because THERE'S ALMOST NO LITERATURE OUT THERE.

When I searched for latissimus dorsi flap breast reconstruction and exercise, there actually was literally nothing.

When searching for multiple myeloma and exercise, the major thing I found was a book chapter, authored by my mentor back home, Dr. Claudio Battaglini, which discussed exercise for hematological cancers in general. The chapter starts by saying there's almost no research that's been done in exercise for hematological cancer patients, cites the general benefits of exercise that have been found to be true in call cancers, and then concludes that the main goal of exercise for MM is to prevent wasting and provide palliative care.

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