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Showing 1 - 7Study Examines Effect of Physical Activity on Recurrence in Patients Previously Treated for Colorectal Cancer
Researchers have found that postoperative physical activity was associated with improved disease-free survival among patients previously treated for stage III colorectal cancer, according to a novel study published by Brown et al in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. “With March being National ...
Precision Physical Activity Prescriptions May Improve Survival in Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer
Physical activity may be associated with improved outcomes for patients undergoing postoperative treatment for stage III colon cancer, according to findings from a new study out of Pennington Biomedical Research Center published by Brown et al in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The study assessed ...
Effect of Physical Activity on Disease-Free Survival in Patients Receiving Adjuvant Therapy for Stage III Colon Cancer
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Brown et al, a prospective cohort study nested within the phase III CALGB/SWOG 80702/Alliance trial showed that greater volumes of physical activity in patients receiving adjuvant therapy for stage III colon cancer were associated with significant...
Integrating Physical Activity Into Cancer Care
The ASCO Post’s Integrative Oncology series is intended to facilitate the availability of evidence-based information on integrative and complementary therapies sometimes used by patients with cancer. Accumulating evidence suggests the benefits of physical activity through the cancer continuum....
Conquer Cancer Honors Early-Career Cancer Researchers With Merit Awards
ASCO and Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation®, congratulate the recipients of recent Conquer Cancer Merit Awards, which recognize oncology fellows’ and trainees’ high-quality research submitted in abstracts to an ASCO-sponsored or cosponsored meeting. These early-career researchers presented their...
Abdominal Fat and Mortality in Patients With Colorectal Cancer
For patients with colorectal cancer, new research shows a clearer connection than previously known between fat deposits in certain areas of the body and higher rates of death from all causes within 7 years of cancer diagnosis. These findings were published by Brown et al in the Journal of the...
Factors Associated With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Survivors of Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer survivors’ risk for heart attack—five times that of the average person—may be linked to the amount of fat stored within the abdomen and abdominal muscles, not to body mass index (BMI), according to a new study of 2,800 colon cancer survivor health outcomes...
