Does physical activity prevent cancer?: Evidence suggests protection against colon cancer and probably breast cancer

BMJ

Volumn 321, Issue 7274, 2000, Pages 1424-1425

  Batty, David ^a   Thune, Inger ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Kreftforeningen   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BILE ACID; INSULIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; TESTOSTERONE;

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; DIET; ENERGY BALANCE; EXERCISE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LUNG CANCER; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT;

EID: 0034627217     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1424     Document Type: Editorial

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