Experiences of breast cancer survivors participating in a tailored exercise intervention - A qualitative study

Anticancer Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1193-1199

  Luoma, Minna Liisa ^a   Hakamies Blomqvist, Liisa ^a   Blomqvist, Carl ^b   Nikander, Riku ^c   Gustavsson Lilius, Mila ^d   Saarto, Tiina ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER REHABILITATION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINESIOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT COMFORT; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84899691589     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: 17917530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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