There was no difference between the effect of late- and early-initiated exercise intervention .
Exercise has a small-to-moderate effect at short-term follow-up on exercise capacity and the physical component of health-related quality of life in patients operated for lung cancer .
The long-term effects of exercise capacity are unknown .
Early-initiated exercise programmes ( 2 weeks post-operation ) did not show an effect on exercise capacity .
OBJECTIVE To review the evidence concerning the effects of  postoperative exercise interventions  on exercise capacity and health-related quality of life  following resection for non-small cell lung cancer , and to review whether different initiation times of exercise produce different effects on exercise capacity .
Initial clinical outcomes after completion of training in a Canadian Royal College thoracic surgery program.
BACKGROUND Thoracic procedures are currently performed by general and thoracic surgeons . Initial clinical outcome after training is a good measure of the quality of the surgical training received . METHODS We examined the morbidity and mortality for  pneumonectomy , lobectomy and esophagectomy  during one surgeon 's first 2 years of practice ; we collected data prospect ively . The results were based on the experience of the only dedicated thoracic surgeon ( 5 years of general surgery and 3 years of thoracic surgery training with certification from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada ) at the largest tertiary care hospital of Brown University School of Medicine . RESULTS During the 2-year period , 154 major pulmonary resections ( 20 pneumonectomies , 134 lobectomies ) and 25 esophagectomies ( 18 transhiatal , 4 Ivor-Lewis , 2 thoracoabdominal , one 3-incision ) were performed . Mortality for major lung resection was 1.9 % ( pneumonectomy 5 % , lobectomy 1.5 % ) , and morbidity was 27 % ( pneumonectomy 35 % , lobectomy 26 % ) . Mortality for esophagectomy was 4 % , and morbidity was 36 % ( anastamotic leak 12 % ) . CONCLUSIONS These results compare favourably with clinical outcomes published from several large series . Thoracic surgical training in Canada is adequate and prepares surgeons well to perform major thoracic procedures . A data base of the initial results from all graduates of thoracic surgery training in Canada is needed . Such a data base could be used to compare the initial results of thoracic procedures performed by general and thoracic surgery graduates from Canada and the United States
There was no difference between the effect of late- and early-initiated exercise intervention .
Exercise has a small-to-moderate effect at short-term follow-up on exercise capacity and the physical component of health-related quality of life in patients operated for lung cancer .
The long-term effects of exercise capacity are unknown .
Early-initiated exercise programmes ( 2 weeks post-operation ) did not show an effect on exercise capacity .
OBJECTIVE To review the evidence concerning the effects of  postoperative exercise interventions  on exercise capacity and health-related quality of life  following resection for non-small cell lung cancer , and to review whether different initiation times of exercise produce different effects on exercise capacity .