FORTEe – Get strong to fight childhood cancer – An exercise intervention for children and adolescents undergoing anti-cancer treatment

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30 May 2023

FORTEe App: Get Strong

It’s European week against cancer! This May 30th is all about patients & survivors. The perfect opportunity to introduce you to the FORTEe App, a playful educational game app for childhood cancer patients.

You can download the FORTEe Get Strong app from both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store!

Developed by our partners NUROGAMES and UMCMainz.

Special thanks go to Network ActivOncoKids and FORTEe partner UKESSEN for the exercise videos!

24 March 2023

5th FORTEe General Assembly Meeting

The FORTEe GA meeting was a great success, with over 40 delegates discussing scientific progress and reaching important decisions👏🏻✨

FORTEe at scientific conferences

In April and May 2023, FORTEe members have participated at a number of scientific conferences:

17-20. April: 2nd Fit4Kid International Scientific Conference 2023 in Portoroz; Slovenia. During Barbara Konda’s talk (FORMA3D), William Zardo (member of MBBM) presented FORTEe!
20. April: 2nd Pediatric Exercise Oncology Congress (virtual). William Zardo (MBBM) showcased the FORTEe project.
8-12. May: 4th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Oncology in Valencia, Spain.

William Zardo at the second Pediatric Exercise Oncology Congress

Our vision

Cancer is the first leading cause of death from non-communicable diseases in children in Europe. Patients’ morbidity increases during cancer treatment due to physical inactivity, cancer-related fatigue, and reduced health-related quality of life. Specifically, adapted exercise training achieved remarkable effects on successful cancer treatment in adults with cancer. A similar effect has not been clearly demonstrated in children and adolescents yet. This is where FORTEe steps in to promote exercise therapy, which aims to make young patients stronger for fighting childhood cancer.

Objectives

Evaluate personalised and standardised exercise therapy for children and adolescents undergoing anti-cancer treatment
Prove the efficiency of an innovative exercise therapy tailored to the individual patient
Develop and use digital, innovative technologies such as augmented reality for more effective, age-appropriate, and personalised exercise training
Create new care pathways for patients using telehealth technologies
Increase the access to personalised exercise training to more patients, while maintaining physical distancing and isolation measures
Creation of new care pathways for patients using telehealth technologies to increase the access to personalised exercise training to more patients while maintaining physical distancing and isolation measures
Implement paediatric exercise therapy as an evidence-based standard in the EU