Twenty-five years of research on the effects of exercise training in breast cancer survivors: A systematic review of the literature

World Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-190

  Battaglini, Claudio L ^a   Mills, Robert C ^a   Phillips, Brett L ^a   Lee, Jordan T ^a   Story, Christina E ^a   Nascimento, Marcelo G B ^c   Hackney, Anthony Carl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c SEPN 707 907 Campus Do Uniceub Asa   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Complementary Alternative Medicine; Exercise training; Oncology; Patients reported outcomes; VO2peak< inf>

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931561494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22184333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v5.i2.177     Document Type: Article

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