CanWalk: Study protocol for a randomized feasibility trial of a walking intervention for people with recurrent or metastatic cancer

Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Harris, Jenny ^a   Tsianakas, Vicki ^a   Ream, Emma ^b   Van Hemelrijck, Mieke ^a   Purushotham, Arnie ^a   Mucci, Lorelei ^c   Green, James S A ^d,e   Robb, Karen ^f   Fewster, Jacquetta ^g   Armes, Jo ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^g MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feasibility studies; Metastatic cancer; Qualitative evaluation; Randomized controlled trial; Recurrent cancer; Secondary cancer; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013051830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20555784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40814-015-0003-5     Document Type: Article

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