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Open AccessAerobic and resistance exercise improves Reynolds risk score in overweight or obese breast cancer survivors
Breast cancer survivors have double the risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease than age-matched women without a cancer history. Reynolds risk score (RRS) is a validated algorithm for the assessment of c...
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Open AccessTranslating research into practice: outcomes from the Healthy Living after Cancer partnership project
Healthy Living after Cancer (HLaC) was a national dissemination and implementation study of an evidence-based lifestyle intervention for cancer survivors. The program was imbedded into existing telephone cance...
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Replacing sedentary time with physical activity and sleep: associations with quality of life in kidney cancer survivors
Kidney cancer survivors spend large quantities of time sedentary and little time physically active, which negatively impacts quality of life (QoL). This study examined (1) the association of reallocating seden...
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Open AccessPatterns and predictors of exercise behavior during 24 months of follow-up after a supervised exercise program during breast cancer chemotherapy
Understanding the longer-term exercise behavior of patients with breast cancer after chemotherapy is important to promote sustained exercise. The purpose of the current study was to report the longer-term patt...
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Case–control study of endogenous sex steroid hormones and risk of endometrial cancer
Epidemiologic evidence regarding the role of endogenous sex hormones in endometrial cancer etiology remains inconsistent. The objective of this study was to investigate if circulating levels of endogenous estr...
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Development process of an evidence-based exercise program for post-operative colorectal cancer patients
Exercise is generally accepted to be beneficial for colorectal cancer patients; however, very few studies have investigated the effects of exercise on patient care and health outcomes during the immediate post...
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Effects of Exercise on Cancer Treatment Completion and Efficacy
Exercise during cancer treatments improves physical fitness, symptoms, and quality of life in several cancer patient groups; however, its effects on treatment completion and response are largely unknown. Here,...
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Demographic, medical, social-cognitive, and environmental correlates of meeting independent and combined physical activity guidelines in kidney cancer survivors
Guidelines for cancer survivors recommend both aerobic physical activity (PA) and strength training (ST). Few kidney cancer survivors (KCS) are meeting single-activity or combined guidelines; therefore, examin...
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Physical activity levels and preferences of patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy in Chile
In Chilean patients with breast cancer (BC) receiving chemotherapy we aimed to (a) report the levels of physical activity (PA), (b) compare clinical/socio-demographic parameters among patients with different l...
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Determinants of changes in physical activity from pre-diagnosis to post-diagnosis in a cohort of prostate cancer survivors
Physical activity (PA) has been shown to improve quality of life and survival in cancer survivors; however, a cancer diagnosis may change PA patterns. We examine determinants of changes in meeting the PA guide...
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Open AccessPeer support for the maintenance of physical activity and health in cancer survivors: the PEER trial - a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
Despite an overwhelming body of evidence showing the benefits of physical activity (PA) and exercise for cancer survivors, few survivors meet the exercise oncology guidelines. Moreover, initiating, let alone m...
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Open AccessThe impact of exercise on growth factors (VEGF and FGF2): results from a 12-month randomized intervention trial
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) are angiogenic cytokines in normal tissues and tumors. Evidence suggests that increased growth factor expression in adipose tissu...
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Breast cancer survivors’ preferences for mHealth physical activity interventions: findings from a mixed methods study
Despite the benefits of physical activity for breast cancer survivors, the majority remain insufficiently active. Mobile health (mHealth) physical activity interventions may be a more scalable strategy to incr...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Rationale and design of the Caloric Restriction and Exercise protection from Anthracycline Toxic Effects (CREATE) study: a 3-arm parallel group phase II randomized controlled trial in early breast cancer
Following publication of the original article [1], we have been notified that one of the author names was listed incorrectly.
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Open AccessAerobic and resistance exercise improves physical fitness, bone health, and quality of life in overweight and obese breast cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial
Exercise is an effective strategy to improve quality of life and physical fitness in breast cancer survivors; however, few studies have focused on the early survivorship period, minorities, physically inactive...
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Open AccessRationale and design of the Caloric Restriction and Exercise protection from Anthracycline Toxic Effects (CREATE) study: a 3-arm parallel group phase II randomized controlled trial in early breast cancer
Anthracycline chemotherapy agents are commonly used to treat breast cancer, but also result in cardiac injury, and potentially detrimental effects to vascular and skeletal muscle. Preclinical evidence demonstr...
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Open AccessReply to ‘Comment on ‘Anthropometric measurements and survival after prostate cancer diagnosis”
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Associations between physical activity and comorbidities in Korean cancer survivors
To examine the associations between physical activity, metabolic risk factors, and comorbidities in Korean cancer survivors.
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Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an exercise telephone counseling intervention for hematologic cancer survivors: a phase II randomized controlled trial
Supervised exercise interventions produce the largest improvements in patient-reported outcomes in cancer survivors but their scalability has been questioned. Telephone counseling has been proposed as a more f...
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Open AccessEffects of high-intensity interval training on fatigue and quality of life in testicular cancer survivors
Testicular cancer survivors (TCS) are at increased risk of cancer-related fatigue (CRF), psychosocial impairment, and poor mental health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Here, we examine the effects of high-in...
