Exercise after breast cancer treatment: Current perspectives

Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 353-362

  Dieli Conwright, Christina M ^a   Orozco, Breanna Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Exercise; Physical well being

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER THERAPY; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84944900611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/BCTT.S82039     Document Type: Review

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