Physical activity and cancer: a bibliographic review 2016-2021

Abstract

Bibliometric analyses related to cancer are common, but those associated with physical activity and cancer are not. Objective: to analyze the scientific production related to physical activity and cancer from 2016 to 2021. Method: this is a bibliometric analysis carried out through EBSCO Discovery Service, the Physical activity and cancer concept was used for the search, which was exclusively provided in the titles of the publications, only publications made from 2016 to 2021 and texts with full access through the search engine were considered. Results: 2,316 bibliographic resources were located, 97.4% are articles. The main topics are physical exercise (15.3%), physical activity (13.7%) and cancer survivors (5.6%). The main publishers of the publications Elsevier 17.0%, Springer 13.8% and Biomed Central 8.76%. Almost all publications are in English 97.4%. The countries of origin of the publications are the United States 31.6%, the United Kingdom 18.3% and Australia 14.7%.The organizations that make the most publications are American Cancer Society Inc., Nurses’ Health Study and theWorld Health Organization (in all cases with 17.7%), Conclusions: the results of the study provide information that can help understand the present in the research of physical activity as a determining factor in the prevention and survival of cancer, as well as contributing to the generation of knowledge from Spain and Latin America and written in Spanish.