| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Aaronson 2011 | Post‐treatment |
| Adamsen 2009 | Participants not predominantly breast cancer patients |
| Aghili 2007 | Duration of exercise intervention less than 6 weeks |
| Backman 2013 | Participants not predominantly breast cancer patients |
| Banasik 2011 | Post‐treatment |
| Banerjee 2007 | Yoga |
| Basen 2006 | Post‐treatment |
| Baumann 2009 | Not an RCT |
| Baumann 2011 | Not an RCT |
| Bower 2012 | Yoga |
| Burnham 2002 | Exercise intervention not concurrent with adjuvant cancer treatment |
| Cantarero‐Villanueva 2012 | Post‐treatment |
| Cantarero‐Villanueva 2013 | Post‐treatment |
| Carson 2009 | Post‐treatment |
| Charbonnier 2012 | Not an exercise intervention |
| Chetiyawardana 2004 | Radiotherapy ongoing for maximum 3 weeks |
| Courneya 2003a | Participants not predominantly breast cancer patients (40%), exercise as part of a complex intervention (group psychotherapy plus exercise) |
| Courneya 2003b | Exercise intervention not concurrent with adjuvant cancer treatment (< 50% under current hormone therapy) |
| Courneya 2006 | Participants were post‐treatment. Exercise intervention not concurrent with adjuvant cancer treatment |
| Culos‐Reed 2006 | Post‐treatment |
| Danhauer 2009 | Yoga |
| Demark‐Wahnefried 2002 | No clinical trial, protocol status, exercise as part of a complex intervention (diet and exercise‐based counselling program) |
| Demark‐Wahnefried 2003 | No clinical trial, design paper |
| Demark‐Wahnefried 2005 | Complex intervention |
| Demark‐Wahnefried 2006 | Complex intervention |
| Demark‐Wahnefried 2008 | Complex intervention |
| Dimeo 1999 | Participants not predominantly breast cancer patients |
| Duijts 2009 | Post‐treatment |
| Duijts 2012 | Post‐treatment |
| Emami 2012 | Post‐treatment |
| Ergun 2013 | Post‐treatment |
| Fairey 2003 | Exercise intervention not concurrent with adjuvant cancer treatment |
| Fairey 2005 | Post‐treatment |
| Fairey 2005a | Post‐treatment |
| Fernandez 2013 | Post‐treatment |
| Galantino 2010 | No exercise intervention |
| Given 2002 | Participants not predominantly breast cancer patients |
| Gomes 2011 | Not an exercise intervention |
| Gomez 2011 | Post‐treatment |
| Griffith 2009 | Participants not predominantly breast cancer patients |
| Hartmann 2013 | Not an RCT |
| Hatchett 2013 | Post‐treatment |
| Herrero 2006 | Post‐treatment |
| Ho 1986 | No exercise intervention |
| Huang 2014 | No health‐related outcome measure (adherence study) |
| Irwin 2008 | Post‐treatment |
| Irwin 2009 | Post‐treatment |
| Irwin 2009a | Post‐treatment |
| Janelsins 2011 | Post‐treatment |
| Kim 2006 | Complex intervention: exercise and stress management training |
| Kleine‐Tebbe 2006 | Data were not analysed to be used for a full publication (personal communication September 2013) |
| Kohler 2008 | Not an RCT |
| Kovacic 2011 | Yoga |
| Latikka 1997 | No clinical trial, review |
| Latka 2009 | Post‐treatment |
| Lauridsen 2005 | Exercise restricted to shoulder |
| Lee 2006 | Qigong |
| Ligibel 2006 | Post‐treatment |
| Ligibel 2008 | Post‐treatment |
| Ligibel 2009 | Post‐treatment |
| MacVicar 1986 | Not an RCT |
| Mamom 2012 | Duration of exercise intervention less than 6 weeks |
| Martin 2013 | Post‐treatment |
| Maryam 2010 | Not an RCT |
| McGuire 2011 | Post‐treatment |
| McKenzie 2003 | Intervention and adjuvant treatment not concurrent |
| Milecki 2013 | Radiotherapy ongoing for maximum 5 weeks |
| Moadel 2007 | Yoga |
| Mock 1994 | Exercise as part of a complex intervention (walking plus support group) |
| Mock 1997 | Not an RCT |
| Mock 2001 | Trial does not compare 2 groups as assigned by investigator |
| Mock 2002 | No exercise intervention |
| Moller 2013 | Participants not predominantly breast cancer patients |
| Mulero 2008 | Post‐treatment |
| Murtezani 2014 | Post‐treatment |
| Musanti 2012 | Post‐treatment |
| Mustian 2002 | No clinical trial, review |
| Mustian 2006 | Less than 6 weeks |
| Pickett 2002 | No health‐related outcome measure (adherence study) |
| Pinto 2003 | Exercise intervention not concurrent with adjuvant cancer treatment |
| Pinto 2008 | Post‐treatment |
| Pinto 2009 | Post‐treatment |
| Rabin 2006 | Post‐treatment |
| Raghavendra 2007 | Yoga |
| Rahnama 2010 | Post‐treatment |
| Rao 2008 | Yoga |
| Rao 2009 | Yoga |
| Rogers 2011 | Post‐treatment |
| Sandel 2005 | Not an exercise intervention |
| Schmitz 2005 | Post‐treatment |
| Schwartz 1999 | Trial does not compare 2 groups as assigned by investigator |
| Schwartz 2001 | Trial does not compare 2 groups as assigned by investigator |
| Scott 2013 | Post‐treatment |
| Segar 1998 | Exercise intervention not concurrent with adjuvant cancer treatment |
| Shaw 2003 | No clinical trial, protocol status, exercise as part of a complex intervention (calcium‐rich diet and exercise) |
| So 2006 | Not an RCT |
| Sprod 2012 | Post‐treatment |
| Stevinson 2009 | Commentary |
| Swenson 2009 | Complex intervention |
| Swenson 2010 | Complex intervention |
| Twiss 2009 | Post‐treatment |
| Vadiraja 2009 | Yoga |
| Vadiraja 2010 | Commentary |
| Vallance 2007 | Post‐treatment |
| Vallance 2008 | Post‐treatment |
| Vallance 2008a | Post‐treatment |
| Vincent 2013 | Not an RCT |
| Waltman 2010 | Post‐treatment |
| Wang 2010 | Exercise intervention does not coincide with adjuvant therapy at least 6 weeks |
| Wilkie 2003 | Participants not predominantly breast cancer patients (63% female), duration of intervention programme 4 weeks |
| Yeh 2006 | Qigong |
| Yuen 2007 | Post‐treatment |
RCT: randomised controlled trial