Exercise in clinical cancer care: A call to action and program development description

Current Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Santa Mina, Daniel ^a,b   Alibhai, S M H ^c,d   Matthew, A G ^a   Guglietti, C L ^b   Steele, J ^e   Trachtenberg, J ^a,c   Ritvo, P G ^b,f  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e Wellspring   (Canada)

^f CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise program; Exercise program development; Knowledge translation; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 84930475704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.19.912     Document Type: Article

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