Effect of comprehensive lifestyle changes on telomerase activity and telomere length in men with biopsy-proven low-risk prostate cancer: 5-year follow-up of a descriptive pilot study

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1112-1120

  Ornish, Dean ^a,d   Lin, Jue ^b   Chan, June M ^a,b   Epel, Elissa ^b   Kemp, Colleen ^d   Weidner, Gerdi ^c   Marlin, Ruth ^d   Frenda, Steven J ^d   Magbanua, Mark Jesus M ^b   Daubenmier, Jennifer ^a   Estay, Ivette ^d   Hills, Nancy K ^a   Chainani Wu, Nita ^b   Carroll, Peter R ^b   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Preventive Medicine Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIET; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGERY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MEDITATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RELAXATION TRAINING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TELOMERE; THERAPY EFFECT; YOGA;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DNA; EXERCISE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84884700070     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70366-8     Document Type: Article

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