Efficacy and Mechanisms of Aerobic Exercise on Cancer Initiation, Progression, and Metastasis: A Critical Systematic Review of In Vivo Preclinical Data

Cancer Research

Volumn 76, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 4032-4050

  Ashcraft, Kathleen A ^a   Peace, Ralph M ^a   Betof, Allison S ^b   Dewhirst, Mark W ^a   Jones, Lee W ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ENDURANCE TRAINING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE CANCER; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRECLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SARCOMA; STANDARDIZATION; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; NEOPLASMS;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXERCISE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84978531218     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-0887     Document Type: Review

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