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 impact of physical activity in preventing a range of cancers. In the second part, the association between physical activity and cancer survivorship is addressed. The effects of physical activity on supportive care endpoints (e.g., quality of life, fatigue, physical functioning) and disease endpoints (e.g., biomarkers, recurrence, survival) are carefully analyzed. In addition, the determinants of physical activity in cancer survivors (e.g., medical, social cognitive, environmental) are discussed, and behavior change strategies for increasing physical activity in cancer survivors (e.g., counseling, print materials) are appraised. The final part of the book is devoted to further special topics, including the relation of physical activity to pediatric cancer survivorship and to palliative cancer care.
Author(s): Kerry S. Courneya, Christine M. Friedenreich (auth.), Kerry S. Courneya, Christine M. Friedenreich (eds.)
Series: Recent Results in Cancer Research 186
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 387
Tags: Oncology
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Physical Activity and Cancer: An Introduction....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Prevention....Pages 13-42
Physical Activity and Genitourinary Cancer Prevention....Pages 43-71
Physical Activity and Gastrointestinal Cancer Prevention....Pages 73-100
Physical Activity and Lung Cancer Prevention....Pages 101-133
Physical Activity and Hematologic Cancer Prevention....Pages 135-158
Physical Activity and Gynecologic Cancer Prevention....Pages 159-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Survivorship....Pages 189-215
Physical Activity and Genitourinary Cancer Survivorship....Pages 217-236
Physical Activity and Gastrointestinal Cancer Survivorship....Pages 237-253
Physical Activity and Lung Cancer Survivorship....Pages 255-274
Physical Activity and Hematological Cancer Survivorship....Pages 275-304
Physical Activity and Gynecologic Cancer Survivorship....Pages 305-315
Front Matter....Pages 317-317
Physical Activity and Pediatric Cancer Survivorship....Pages 319-347
Physical Activity and Palliative Cancer Care....Pages 349-365
Physical Activity Motivation and Cancer Survivorship....Pages 367-387
