Does physical activity improve survival and mortality among patients with different types of cancer?

Future Oncol. 2017 May;13(12):1053-1055. doi: 10.2217/fon-2017-0037. Epub 2017 May 11.

Authors

Shinichiro Morishita¹, Atsuhiro Tsubaki¹, Jack B Fu²

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Human Movement & Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan.
² Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation & Integrative Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

PMID: 28492089
DOI: 10.2217/fon-2017-0037

No abstract available

Keywords: cancer; mortality; physical activity; survival.

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / epidemiology
Breast Neoplasms / mortality
Breast Neoplasms / physiopathology
Breast Neoplasms / therapy*
Colonic Neoplasms / epidemiology
Colonic Neoplasms / mortality
Colonic Neoplasms / physiopathology
Colonic Neoplasms / therapy*
Exercise*
Female
Humans
Male
Physical Therapy Modalities*
Survival Rate