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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: breast cancer + cancer + exercise  Related to the article below (Last Update: 8/4/2008)

Diet and exercise can help prevent recurrence of cancer
Reading Eagle, PA -
By F?lix Alfonso Pe?a Bern Township, PA - For Karen L. Colon, learning how diet and exercise can help protect her from a recurrence of breast cancer gave ...
Christina Applegate, Breast Cancer and Early Detection
Associated Content, CO - Aug 3, 2008
Movie and TV star Christina Applegate, 36, was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer, according to her publicist (BBC). ...
121 women undergo mammography test in Temeke District
IPPmedia, United Republic of Tanzania - 18 minutes ago
By Correspondent Zuwena Shame At least 121 women in Temeke municipality appeared in the breast cancer screening campaign which took place at Temeke Hospital ...
Dragon Boats Fight Breast Cancer
WCAX, VT - Aug 3, 2008
Breast cancer survivors who take part say paddling a dragon boat is actually therapeutic. Mary Anne Eaton of Dragonheart Vermont, said the exercise focused ...

The Free Lance-Star
Exercise cuts cancer risk and helps patients feel less weary
The Free Lance-Star, VA - Aug 2, 2008
A similar 23 percent drop in the risk of kidney cancer was found in another national study on people who exercise compared with couch potatoes. Breast ...
Minorities Less Likely To Know About Breast Cancer Treatment Options Medical News Today (press release)
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Women living in modern cities are at a greater risk of breast cancer
Sunday Herald, UK - Aug 2, 2008
Firstly, obesity caused by lack of exercise and a high-fat diet increases the risk of cancer. Smoking and drinking alcohol further increase this risk and ...
Deanna Favre is Brett Favre?s Wife
RightFielders Women in Sports, CA - Aug 3, 2008
A week later, Deanna was diagnosed with breast cancer. Deanna would have a lumpectomy and endure five months of chemotherapy. She is now cancer free. ...
Health Calendar: 8.04.08 - 8.10.08
Los Angeles Daily News, CA - 18 minutes ago
Return to Wellness: A New Beginning After Breast Cancer Treatment: for breast cancer survivors and their families, 6 pm Mondays and Thursdays. ...

PhysOrg.com
Exercise Found To Lower Risk Of Premenopausal Breast Cancer
The Healthier Life, UK - Aug 1, 2008
In the largest and most detailed analysis to date of the effects of exercise on premenopausal breast cancer, the study of nearly 65000 women found that ...
Breakthrough: Scientists discover vital new link between radiation ... Daily Mail
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Grandma's going to drama camp
Seattle Times, United States -
Genell Kelso has never liked to do what we usually think of as exercise. But the 72-year-old breast cancer survivor and Dallas grandmother. ...
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Physical Exercise and Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer in Young Women -
L Bernstein, BE Henderson, R Hanisch, J Sullivan- … - jnci, 1994 - jnci.oxfordjournals.org
... Implications: Whether the protective effects of exercise on breast cancer risk are
due to alterations in ovarian function and whether they extend into women ...

… on fatigue, physical functioning, and emotional distress during radiation therapy for breast cancer … -
V Mock, KH Dow, CJ Meares, PM Grimm, JA Dienemann, … - Oncol Nurs Forum, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... To test the hypothesis that women participating in a walking exercise program during
radiation therapy treatment for breast cancer would demonstrate more ...

… in Postmenopausal Women After Five Years of Tamoxifen Therapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer. -
PE Goss, JN Ingle, S Martino, NJ Robert, HB Muss, … - Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 2004 - obgynsurvey.com
... Kegel exercises are helpful for some women, but most patients can- not maintain
the prescribed protocol and are ... (In breast cancer, malignant melanoma, and ...

… Exercise Improves Physical Functioning in Women With Stages I and II Breast Cancer: Results of a … -
R Segal, W Evans, D Johnson, J Smith, S Colletta, … - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2001 - jcojournal.org
... a standardized series of warm-up and cool-down exercises and were ... study of women
with stages I and II breast cancer, self-directed exercise, compared with ...

… Controlled Trial of Exercise Training in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Survivors: Cardiopulmonary and … -
KS Courneya, JR Mackey, GJ Bell, LW Jones, CJ … - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2003 - jco.ascopubs.org
... Med 346:793?801, 2002 [Abstract/Free Full Text]; Courneya KS, Mackey JR, McKenzie
DC: Exercise after breast cancer: Research evidence and clinical guidelines. ...

… effect of aerobic exercise on self-esteem and depressive and anxiety symptoms among breast cancer … -
ML Segar, VL Katch, RS Roth, AW Garcia, TI Portner … - Oncol Nurs Forum, 1998 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... CONCLUSIONS: Mild to moderate aerobic exercise may be of therapeutic value to breast
cancer survivors with respect to depressive and anxiety symptoms but not ...

Effect of aerobic exercise on body weight and composition in patients with breast cancer on adjuvant …
ML Winningham, MG MacVicar, M Bondoc, JI Anderson, … - Oncol Nurs Forum, 1989 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... Stage II patients with breast cancer (N = 24) were randomized to an exercise
treatment group (EG, n = 12) and a control group (CG, n = 12). ...

Exercise in the rehabilitation of breast cancer survivors -
BM Pinto, NC Maruyama - Psycho-Oncology, 1999 - doi.wiley.com
... larger sample, 62 Stage II breast cancer patients (post ... to a 10-week aerobic exercise
program, nonaerobic stretching and flexibility exercises or to ...

Exercise reduces daily fatigue in women with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy. -
AL SCHWARTZ, M MORI, R GAO, LM NAIL, ME KING - Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2001 - acsm-msse.org
... These results suggest that when a woman exercises at moderate- to high ... chemotherapy
for breast cancer will follow a home-based exercise intervention (19,20). ...

Daily Fatigue Patterns and Effect of Exercise in Women with Breast Cancer -
AL Schwartz - Cancer, 2000 - Blackwell Synergy
... a review of the literature, no studies were found that examined the daily pattern
of fatigue in women with breast cancer who participated in an exercise program ...

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Exercise Cuts Breast Cancer Risk

December 12, 2006 03:55:45 PM PST
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal women who engage in more vigorous physical activity seem to have a lower risk of breast cancer.

The beneficial effect was most pronounced for estrogen receptor positive/progesterone receptor negative tumors, which are generally more aggressive.

"It seems like another confirmation to the fact that exercise will help reduce the risk of breast carcinoma and may play some other interesting roles in addition to effects on cardiovascular health," said Dr. Jay Brooks, chairman of hematology/oncology at Ochsner Health System in Baton Rouge, La.

While overweight and obesity are risk factors for breast cancer, the findings also suggest that additional mechanisms may be involved in promoting the growth of tumors.

The association between exercise and a reduced risk of breast cancer is not a new one. Previous studies have shown that physical activity can reduce the risk for the disease among women of all ages.

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But because breast cancer is such a varied disease, there may be different risk factors, depending on different tumor characteristics, including estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status. Receptor status refers to whether these hormones bind to the surface of the tumor.

Only three small studies have looked at the association between physical activity and postmenopausal breast cancer defined by receptor status, the study authors said.

The new study, called the Iowa Women's Health Study, is the largest study to cross-classify estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status, said Dr. James Cerhan, senior author of the study and professor of epidemiology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minn. The findings are published in the Dec. 11/25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

Cerhan and his colleagues looked at 41,836 postmenopausal women who were between the ages of 55 and 69 in 1986. The participants filled out a 16-page questionnaire at the beginning of the study about their recreational physical activity and then were monitored for 18 years.

Women who engaged in high levels of physical activity had a 14 percent lower risk of breast cancer than those who participated in low levels of activity. After the researchers adjusted for body mass index (BMI, a ratio of weight to height), they found that women with high physical activity levels had a 9 percent lower risk of breast cancer.

"Physical activity protected against breast cancer, but when we adjusted for BMI, it weakened the association," Cerhan explained.

This would imply that something in addition to exercise contributed to the protective effect.

The findings were even more striking when hormone receptor status was taken into account. Women with high physical activity levels had a 33 percent lower risk of developing estrogen receptor-positive tumors.

High levels of physical activity included vigorous exercise such as jogging, swimming or racket sports two or more times a week or moderate activity such as bowling, golf, gardening or walking more than four times a week. Medium physical activity was vigorous activity once a week or moderate activity one to four times a week.

Being overweight is a well-known risk factor for breast cancer, as body fat produces estrogen that signals some tumors to grow.

"This is another reason to be physically active. But I think much of the information is for medical scientists trying to think about the mechanisms of breast cancer," Cerhan said.

More information

To learn more about breast cancer, visit the American Cancer Society.
 
 
 
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