Dr Cindy Forbes' Projects (8)

Understanding barriers and facilitators to implementing physical activity interventions for patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: A qualitative study Nov 1, 2023 - Jul 31, 2025
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have huge potential for the treatment of metastatic melanoma, renal, head and neck, and lung cancers. While recent research shows that exercise improves chemoradiotherapy outcomes, its role as an adjunctive treatme... Read More about Understanding barriers and facilitators to implementing physical activity interventions for patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: A qualitative study.

YCR Publication Costs Award PC/52 Nov 24, 2021 - May 23, 2023
Lung cancer has one of the highest incidence and mortality rates worldwide. Physical activity can provide those diagnosed with lung cancer with several physical and psychological benefits. However, the examination of digitally delivered physical acti... Read More about YCR Publication Costs Award PC/52.

Publication Costs Award: PC/46 Jun 1, 2018 - May 31, 2023
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death globally. Physical activity and exercise provide unequivocal benefits to those living with and beyond lung cancer. However, few of those living with and beyond cancer meet national physical act... Read More about Publication Costs Award: PC/46.

TRANSFORM - CanBenefit II: CANcer BEhavioural Nutrition and Exercise FeasIbility Trial among older adults with lung cancer Sep 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2023
Revision of the 2019 bid to YCR as a TRANSFORM endowment bid.

A phase II, randomised feasibility trial of a tailored, home-based exercise programme on disease-free survival among early stage high-risk recurring cancers in Yorkshire Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2026
To determine the effect exercise has on preventing secondary cancers and improving 5-year survival rates among people diagnosed with breast, bowel, lung, or prostate cancers in Yorkshire.

Adapting a smartphone-based rehabilitation programme for older adults living with and beyond cancer: an intervention development study Apr 1, 2022 - Apr 30, 2024
The number of people living with and beyond cancer is growing; many are over 65 years old who often have different and more complicated healthcare needs than younger people.

Being active is one of the best things people with, or who have had, canc... Read More about Adapting a smartphone-based rehabilitation programme for older adults living with and beyond cancer: an intervention development study.

Digital and community-based, personally tailored activity support among older adults living with and beyond cancer Dec 1, 2019 - Mar 15, 2020
The number of people living with and beyond cancer has doubled over the past 40 years. This is mainly due to better cancer screening and treatments. This is good news, but it also means more people are living with side effects from their cancer and t... Read More about Digital and community-based, personally tailored activity support among older adults living with and beyond cancer.

TRANSFORM: Effects of physical activity during the cancer journey Jun 1, 2018 - May 31, 2024
Regular physical activity has been shown to help improve the body and mind during and after cancer treatment. Regular activity has also been linked to lower risk of cancer recurring and to longer survival. Despite this, most people with a cancer diag... Read More about TRANSFORM: Effects of physical activity during the cancer journey.