A Look into High-Intensity Interval Training for Breast Cancer

Abstract

Breast cancer is a common cancer worldwide. Although breast cancer affects both sexes, the prevalence is higher in women. In Türkiye, breast cancer affects about one in four women. Survival rates from breast cancer treatment are improving every day, and people need help with complications from treatment. Exercise is an effective and safe treatment for people with breast cancer. In recent years, the results on the use of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in the treatment of breast cancer are remarkable. The purpose of this review was to determine the effect of HIIT in the treatment of breast cancer. The studies included in the review were those conducted between 2014 and 2024. PubMed, Scholar Google and Scopus databases were searched using the search terms “breast cancer and high intensity interval training”. According to the results of the studies included in this review, it was concluded that HIIT is an effective form of training on several health parameters in groups at risk of developing breast cancer, those undergoing breast cancer treatment, and breast cancer survivors. Further studies are needed to contribute to the clinical relevance of HIIT in individuals with breast cancer.

Keywords

• Exercise
• breast cancer
• high intensity interval training

Meme Kanserinde Yüksek Yoğunluklu Aralıklı Antrenmana Bakış

Öz

Meme kanseri dünyada yaygın olarak görülen bir kanser türüdür. Her iki cinsiyette de görülmesine rağmen prevelans kadınlarda daha yüksektir. Türkiye'de meme kanseri yaklaşık her dört kadından birini etkilemektedir. Meme kanseri tedavisinde sağkalım oranları her geçen gün artmaktadır ve tedavinin ortaya çıkardığı komplikasyonlardan dolayı kişiler yardıma ihtiyaç duymaktadır. Meme kanseri olan bireylerde egzersiz etkili ve güvenilir bir yöntemdir. Son yıllarda meme kanseri tedavisinde yüksek şiddetli aralıklı antrenman (HIIT) kullanımına dair sonuçlar dikkat çekicidir. Bu derlemenin amacı meme kanseri tedavisinde HIIT’in etkisini ortaya koymaktır. Derlemeye dahil edilen çalışmalar 2014-2024 yılları arasında yapılan çalışmalardır. Pubmed, Scholar Google ve Scopus veri tabanlarında “meme kanseri ve yüksek şiddetli aralıklı antrenman” arama terimleri kullanılarak literatür taranmıştır. Bu derlemede yer alan çalışmalardan elde edilen bulgulara göre HIIT’in meme kanserine yakalanma açısından riskli gruplarda, meme kanseri tedavisi görenlerde ve meme kanserinden kurtulanlarda çeşitli sağlık parametreleri üzerinde etkisi olan bir antrenman biçimi olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. HIIT’ in meme kanseri olan bireylerdeki klinik önemine katkı sağlamak adına daha geniş çaplı çalışmalara ihtiyaç vardır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Egzersiz
• meme kanseri
• yüksek yoğunluklu aralıklı antrenman

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