The impact of breast cancer on physical activity from midlife to early older adulthood and predictors of change post-diagnosis

ConclusionsAge-related declines in PA were not amplified by a breast cancer diagnosis. Given the beneficial role of PA across the cancer control continuum, efforts to increase or maintain adequate PA, post-diagnosis, should be continued.Implications for Cancer SurvivorsWhile age-related physical activity declines were not amplified breast cancer diagnosis, efforts to identify breast cancer survivors at increased risk for post-diagnosis physical activity declines (or maintenance of low activity) may be a high-yield strategy to improve prognosis and quality of life.
Source: Journal of Cancer Survivorship - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research