Research hotspots and trends in cancer rehabilitation: a bibliometric analysis (2013-2023).

IF 2.8 3区医学 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Supportive Care in Cancer Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI:10.1007/s00520-025-09355-3

Ruijuan Cai, Hongsheng Lin, Qiyuan Mao, Chuchu Zhang, Ying Tan, Qianwen Cheng

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Abstract

Background: Advances in medical care have made cancer rehabilitation an essential component of comprehensive cancer treatment. However, bibliometric analyses in this field remain limited. This study maps the global research landscape of cancer rehabilitation over the past decade.

Methods: Relevant publications on cancer rehabilitation from 2013 to 2023 were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database. Bibliometric analysis was conducted using VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and the R package "Bibliometrics."

Results: A total of 6743 publications from 98 countries demonstrated sustained growth, peaking in 2022. The USA (1581 publications) and China (974) led in research output, while the Netherlands recorded the highest citation impact (32.75 citations per paper). Key institutions included the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (148 publications) and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (40.58 citations per paper). Supportive Care in Cancer ranked as the most influential journal. Research efforts primarily focused on exercise interventions (n = 404), quality of life (n = 688), and breast cancer rehabilitation (n = 440). Recent trends highlighted telemedicine, digital health, and breast cancer-related lymphedema.

Conclusion: This analysis highlights the dominance of high-income countries in cancer rehabilitation research and identifies exercise, quality of life, and breast cancer as enduring focal points. Emerging priorities include technology-driven interventions and lymphedema management. However, critical gaps remain, such as the underrepresentation of low-resource regions, limited focus on pediatric populations, and insufficient integration of advanced technologies (e.g., AI, wearables). Future efforts should emphasize equitable resource distribution, evidence-based pediatric rehabilitation models, and scalable technology-driven solutions to address global disparities and improve survivorship care.

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癌症康复的研究热点和趋势：文献计量分析（2013-2023 年）。

背景：医疗保健的进步使癌症康复成为癌症综合治疗的重要组成部分。然而，这一领域的文献计量学分析仍然有限。这项研究描绘了过去十年全球癌症康复研究的图景。方法：从Web of Science Core Collection （WoSCC）数据库中检索2013 - 2023年癌症康复相关文献。使用VOSviewer、CiteSpace和R软件包“bibliomeics”进行文献计量学分析。结果：来自98个国家的6743份出版物显示出持续增长，并在2022年达到顶峰。美国（1581篇）和中国（974篇）在研究产出方面领先，而荷兰的引用影响最高（每篇论文被引用32.75次）。重点机构包括德克萨斯大学MD安德森癌症中心（148篇论文）和纪念斯隆凯特林癌症中心（每篇论文40.58次引用）。《癌症支持治疗》被评为最具影响力的杂志。研究工作主要集中在运动干预（n = 404）、生活质量（n = 688）和乳腺癌康复（n = 440）。最近的趋势是远程医疗、数字健康和乳腺癌相关淋巴水肿。结论：该分析强调了高收入国家在癌症康复研究中的主导地位，并确定了运动、生活质量和乳腺癌是持久的焦点。新出现的优先事项包括技术驱动的干预措施和淋巴水肿管理。然而，严重的差距仍然存在，例如资源匮乏地区的代表性不足，对儿科人群的关注有限，以及先进技术（如人工智能、可穿戴设备）的整合不足。未来的努力应强调公平的资源分配，以证据为基础的儿科康复模式，以及可扩展的技术驱动的解决方案，以解决全球差距并改善幸存者护理。

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Supportive Care in Cancer 医学-康复医学

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5.70

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9.70%

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751

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： Supportive Care in Cancer provides members of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) and all other interested individuals, groups and institutions with the most recent scientific and social information on all aspects of supportive care in cancer patients. It covers primarily medical, technical and surgical topics concerning supportive therapy and care which may supplement or substitute basic cancer treatment at all stages of the disease. Nursing, rehabilitative, psychosocial and spiritual issues of support are also included.