Effective Exercise Interventions for Patients and Survivors of Cancer Should be Supervised, Targeted, and Prescribed With Referrals From Oncologists and General Physicians

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Newton, Robert U
Taaffe, Dennis R
Chambers, Suzanne K
Spry, Nigel
Galvao, Daniel A
Griffith University Author(s)
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2018
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TO THE EDITOR: We agree with Hardcastle and Cohen1 that physical activity is important for patients and survivors of cancer, and that the oncology specialist is ideally suited to promote this message. Indeed, a key strategy in cancer management is the increased awareness by medical and health professionals who support patients with cancer and survivors that physical activity and exercise is a critical component of patient care and a necessary intervention to improve health outcomes; however, the recommendations by Hardcastle and Cohen1 for implementation are an oversimplification that may adversely impact the integration of ...
View more >TO THE EDITOR: We agree with Hardcastle and Cohen1 that physical activity is important for patients and survivors of cancer, and that the oncology specialist is ideally suited to promote this message. Indeed, a key strategy in cancer management is the increased awareness by medical and health professionals who support patients with cancer and survivors that physical activity and exercise is a critical component of patient care and a necessary intervention to improve health outcomes; however, the recommendations by Hardcastle and Cohen1 for implementation are an oversimplification that may adversely impact the integration of exercise medicine into best practice management of cancer.
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View more >TO THE EDITOR: We agree with Hardcastle and Cohen1 that physical activity is important for patients and survivors of cancer, and that the oncology specialist is ideally suited to promote this message. Indeed, a key strategy in cancer management is the increased awareness by medical and health professionals who support patients with cancer and survivors that physical activity and exercise is a critical component of patient care and a necessary intervention to improve health outcomes; however, the recommendations by Hardcastle and Cohen1 for implementation are an oversimplification that may adversely impact the integration of exercise medicine into best practice management of cancer.
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Journal Title
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Volume
36
Issue
9
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Subject
Clinical sciences
Oncology and carcinogenesis
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Oncology
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL
PROSTATE-CANCER