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Associations between lifestyle factors and quality of life among older long-term breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors†

  1. Catherine E. Mosher PhD1,‡,*,
  2. Richard Sloane MS, MPH2,3,
  3. Miriam C. Morey PhD2,4,5,
  4. Denise Clutter Snyder MS, RD, CSO3,
  5. Harvey J. Cohen MD2,3,4,5,
  6. Paige E. Miller MS6,
  7. Wendy Demark-Wahnefried PhD, RD3,7

Article first published online: 27 JUL 2009

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24436

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 115, Issue 17, pages 4001–4009, 1 September 2009

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Mosher, C. E., Sloane, R., Morey, M. C., Snyder, D. C., Cohen, H. J., Miller, P. E. and Demark-Wahnefried, W. (2009), Associations between lifestyle factors and quality of life among older long-term breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors. Cancer, 115: 4001–4009. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24436

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  1. 1

    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

  2. 2

    Duke University Older Americans Independence Center, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

  3. 3

    Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina

  4. 4

    Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

  5. 5

    Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham, North Carolina

  6. 6

    Department of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

  7. 7

    Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  1. ‡

    Fax: (212) 888-2584.

*Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 641 Lexington Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022

  1. †

    We dedicate this article in memory of our esteemed and beloved colleague, Dr. Elizabeth C. Clipp.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 AUG 2009
  2. Article first published online: 27 JUL 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 20 JAN 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 21 DEC 2008
  5. Manuscript Received: 29 OCT 2008

Funded by

  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Numbers: CA106919, P30AG028716
  • Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development. Grant Number: E3386R
  • National Cancer Institute. Grant Number: F32CA130600

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