Associations between physical activity and quality of life in ovarian cancer survivors

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 244-250

  Stevinson, Clare ^a   Faught, Wylam ^a   Steed, Helen ^a   Tonkin, Katia ^a   Ladha, Aliya B ^a   Vallance, Jeffrey K ^a   Capstick, Valerie ^a   Schepansky, Alexandra ^a   Courneya, Kerry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise; Female; Genital neoplasms; Ovarian neoplasms; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ALBERTA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34250172388     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.03.033     Document Type: Article

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