Nutrition and Physical Activity During and After Cancer Treatment: An American Cancer Society Guide for Informed Choices

By C. Doyle, L. Kushi, T. Byers, K. Courneya, W. Demark-Wahnefried, Barbara Grant, A. McTiernan, C. Rock, Cyndi Thompson, T. Gansler and 1 more. Ca, 2003

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Cancer survivors are often highly motivated to seek information about food choices, physical activity, and dietary supplement use to improve their treatment outcomes, quality of life, and survival. To address these concerns, the American Cancer Society (ACS) convened a group of experts in nutrition, physical activity, and cancer to evaluate the scientific evidence and best clinical practices related to optimal nutrition and physical activity after the diagnosis of cancer. This report summarizes their findings and is intended to present health care providers with the best possible information from which to help cancer survivors and their families make informed choices related to nutrition and physical activity. The report discusses nutrition and physical activity issues during the phases of cancer treatment and recovery, living after recovery from treatment, and living with advanced cancer; select nutrition and physical activity issues such as body weight, food choices, and food safety; issues related to select cancer sites; and common questions about diet, physical activity, and cancer survivorship.

Subfields: Oncology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Physiology

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In Oncology

1. Kathryn H. Schmitz
2. L. Mâsse
3. S. Duval
4. E. Stovall
5. S. Greenfield
6. M. Hewitt

In Physiology

1. Robert Kane
2. S. Greenfield
3. M. Hewitt
4. E. Stovall

Citations in the corpus

• American College of Sports Medicine roundtable on exercise guidelines for cancer survivors. (2010, methodology): “Given that the recent guidelines accommodate chronic conditions and the health status of the individual (50,100,107), there was consensus that the exercise objectives noted above are generally appropriate for cancer survivors.”
• From cancer patient to cancer survivor : lost in transition (2006, background): “Cancer survivors can obtain information and guidance on nutrition and diet from the ACS and the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) (Brown et al., 2003; AICR, 2004; ACS, 2004a).”
• Effects of exercise on breast cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2006, background): “Increasingly, cancer care is being directed toward developing interventions to improve overall quality of life as well as longevity.(4) Physical exercise has consistently been identified as a central element of rehabilitation for many chronic diseases and”
• Controlled Physical Activity Trials in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2005, methodology): “per control group 26 ( 4-101 ) 29 (4-97) 21 (6-101)”