The Association Between Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Recurrence and Survival

Current Nutrition Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-21

  Urbscheit, Nancy ^a   Brown, Kent ^a  

^a BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Exercise; Physical activity; Prognosis; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK;

EID: 84906937761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21613311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13668-013-0067-x     Document Type: Review

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