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Nutrition and physical activity guidelines for cancer survivors†

  1. Cheryl L. Rock PhD, RD1,
  2. Colleen Doyle MS, RD2,*,
  3. Wendy Demark-Wahnefried PhD, RD3,
  4. Jeffrey Meyerhardt MD, MPH4,
  5. Kerry S. Courneya PhD5,
  6. Anna L. Schwartz FNP, PhD, FAAN6,
  7. Elisa V. Bandera MD, PhD7,
  8. Kathryn K. Hamilton MA, RD, CSO, CDN8,
  9. Barbara Grant MS, RD, CSO, LD9,
  10. Marji McCullough ScD, RD10,
  11. Tim Byers MD, MPH11,
  12. Ted Gansler MD, MBA, MPH12

Article first published online: 26 APR 2012

DOI: 10.3322/caac.21142

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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volume 62, Issue 4, pages 242–274, July/August 2012

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Rock, C. L., Doyle, C., Demark-Wahnefried, W., Meyerhardt, J., Courneya, K. S., Schwartz, A. L., Bandera, E. V., Hamilton, K. K., Grant, B., McCullough, M., Byers, T. and Gansler, T. (2012), Nutrition and physical activity guidelines for cancer survivors. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 62: 242–274. doi: 10.3322/caac.21142

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  1. 1

    Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

  2. 2

    Director, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Cancer Control Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA

  3. 3

    Professor and Webb Endowed Chair of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

  4. 4

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

  5. 5

    Professor and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Cancer, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  6. 6

    Affiliate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Associate Professor, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

  7. 7

    Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

  8. 8

    Outpatient Oncology Dietitian, Carol G. Simon Cancer Center, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ

  9. 9

    Oncology Nutritionist, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center Cancer Care Center, Boise, ID

  10. 10

    Nutritional Epidemiologist, Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA

  11. 11

    Associate Dean for Public Health Practice, Colorado School of Public Health, Associate Director for Cancer Prevention and Control, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO

  12. 12

    Director, Medical Content, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA

*American Cancer Society, 250 Williams St NW, Suite 600, Atlanta, GA 30303

  1. †

    DISCLOSURES: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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  1. Issue published online: 6 JUL 2012
  2. Article first published online: 26 APR 2012
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Vol. 63, Issue 3, 215, Article first published online: 4 MAR 2013

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