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highest prevalence of cancers cases in men and women?
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men - prostate, lung, colorectal
women - breast, lung, colorectal |
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top 5 cancer survival rates?
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thyroid, prostate, breast, melanoma, colorectal
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lowest cancer survival rate?
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pancreatic, esophageal, lung
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personality type most linked to cancer?
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type A - neurotic, pessimistic, stressed
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lifestyle and cancer?
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5% of survivors were meeting 5/day PA and smoking recommendations
highest HRQL in survivors who were meeting vs. not meeting each lifestyle behaviour associated witht he strongest associations for emering PA - strongest link for breast, prostate, colorectal, ballder, uterine, skin melanoma, and cancer survivors |
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PA and all-site cancer
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overall 20-30% reduction in risk
convincing - colon and breast probable - prostate, endometrial, bladder possible - lung (difficult for patients to exercise) |
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mastectomy?
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breast cancer
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sentinel node bipsy
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remove nodes around tumor
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PA and breast cancer screening
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modifications for recommendatoins with individual basis and comorbidities
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breast cancer treatment and PA - 20-30 mins 3 days/week 50-80% Hrmax
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body image - don't gain as much weight
decreased nausea and fatigue that come with radiation and chemotherapy |
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considerations for PA during treatment? (5 categories)
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surgery - loss of breast, hard to do upper body exercises
chemotherapy - harder to eat due to nausea, loss of hair - women wear wigs that keep heat in radiation - swimming is hard due to burns, fatigue tamoxifen (hormonal therapy) - weight gain, joint pain, dry mouth, hot flashes lymphedema - draining of lymph nodes often in upper body |
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HEAL study results (2-3 h/week of brisk walking after diagnosis)
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increase PA - 45% lower risk of death
decrease PA - 4x greater risk of death |
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some conclusions on what we know from research in terms of PA and cancer
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women decrease PA
cancer treatment side effects can decrease PA, yet PA can attenuate many of the effects exercise is feasible and safe |
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some conclusions on what we don't know from research?
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optimal type and dose
individual differences in treatment side effects |