Abstract
Objective: To analyze in the scientific literature the influence of physical exercise on the quality of life of adult cancer survivors. Methods: This study is a narrative review, performed in the MEDLINE / PUBMED, LILACS, SCIELO and PEDRO databases, using as inclusion criteria: clinical trials, with temporal restriction of 5 years and in Portuguese, English and Spanish. . Exclusion criteria were studies that did not have quality of life as their main objective and studies that associated quality of life with pharmacological treatments only. Results: We analyzed seven articles describing the benefits of physical exercise on the quality of life of cancer survivors, through low and high dose aerobic exercise, resistance training, adapted physical activity and exercise for attention control, thus resulting in pain reduction, improvement of physical functioning, fatigue, sleep disturbance, self-esteem, improvement of the psychological and social aspect and consequently the increase in the perception of quality of life. Final considerations: Cancer brings severe complications to the affected patient, negatively affecting their quality of life. There are studies in the literature that relate the influence of exercise on improving the quality of life of cancer survivors.