Physical activity and cancer

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 550-558

  Clague, Jessica ^a   Bernstein, Leslie ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological mechanisms; Breast cancer; Cancer risk; Cancer survival; Colon cancer; Exercise; Methodology; Occupational activity; Physical activity; Recreational activity; Review; Sedentary behavior; Sitting time

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CPG ISLAND; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRECANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870549994     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: 15346269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-012-0265-5     Document Type: Article

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