Impact of Diet, Body Mass Index, and Physical Activity on Cancer Survival

Current Nutrition Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-36

  Kampman, Ellen ^a,b   Vrieling, Alina ^c   van Duijnhoven, Fränzel J ^a,d   Winkels, Renate M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index; Breast cancer; Cancer survival; Colorectal cancer; Diet; Physical activity; Prostate cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84983586989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21613311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13668-011-0004-9     Document Type: Review

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