Exercise and colon cancer: Primary and secondary prevention

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-124

  Trojian, Thomas H ^a   Mody, Ketan ^a   Chain, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; COLON TUMOR; FITNESS; INCIDENCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247278350     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02941153     Document Type: Article

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