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Recreational physical activity and survival among young women with breast cancer†‡

  1. Page E. Abrahamson PhD1,§,*,
  2. Marilie D. Gammon PhD1,
  3. Mary Jo Lund PhD2,3,
  4. Julie A. Britton PhD4,
  5. Stephen W. Marshall PhD1,
  6. Elaine W. Flagg PhD5,
  7. Peggy L. Porter MD6,
  8. Louise A. Brinton PhD7,
  9. J. William Eley MD, MPH3,
  10. Ralph J. Coates PhD8

Article first published online: 11 SEP 2006

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22201

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 107, Issue 8, pages 1777–1785, 15 October 2006

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Abrahamson, P. E., Gammon, M. D., Lund, M. J., Britton, J. A., Marshall, S. W., Flagg, E. W., Porter, P. L., Brinton, L. A., Eley, J. W. and Coates, R. J. (2006), Recreational physical activity and survival among young women with breast cancer. Cancer, 107: 1777–1785. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22201

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  2. 2

    Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

  3. 3

    Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

  4. 4

    Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

  5. 5

    Surveillance and Epidemiology Branch, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

  6. 6

    Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington

  7. 7

    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

  8. 8

    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

  1. §

    Fax: (206) 667-7850

*Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, M4-B402, Seattle, WA 98109

  1. †

    The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the National Institutes of Health.

  2. ‡

    This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 OCT 2006
  2. Article first published online: 11 SEP 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 20 JUL 2006
  4. Manuscript Revised: 17 JUL 2006
  5. Manuscript Received: 19 MAY 2006

Funded by

  • Public Health Service. Grant Numbers: P30ES10126, R25 CA57726, R25 CA94880
  • Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute

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