Physical Activity and Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Courneya, Kerry S. (Editor), Friedenreich, Christine M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Recent Results in Cancer Research, 186
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.

This book explores in depth the relation between physical activity and cancer control, including primary prevention, coping with treatments, recovery after treatments, long-term survivorship, secondary prevention, and survival. The first part of the book presents the most recent research on the impa...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction. Physical Activity and Cancer Prevention: Breast cancer prevention. Genitourinary cancer prevention . Gastrointestinal cancer prevention. Lung cancer prevention. Hematologic cancer prevention. Gynecologic cancer prevention
• Physical Activity and Cancer Survivorship: Breast cancer survivorship. Genitourinary cancer survivorship. Gastrointestinal cancer survivorship. Lung cancer survivorship. Hematologic cancer survivorship. Gynecologic cancer survivorship
• Special Topics: Pediatric cancer survivorship. Palliative cancer care. Physical activity motivation and cancer survivorship. .