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Research reveals an inverse relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and smoking-related cancer mortality as evaluated from a sample of 25,892 men , age 30-87. Data indicate that cardiorespiratory fitness may protect against cancer mortality in men.

A study explores the independent and interactive relationships among body mass index (BMI), physical activity (PA), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in cancer survivors. Findings reveal that BMI and PA are independently associated with HQRoL, while their interactive associations are negligible.

The article studies various techniques used to recruit breast cancer survivors into community-based exercise interventions. Findings support the use of population-based cancer to recruit survivors into community-based interventions.

A study was conducted to determine energy levels and develop an individualized exercise program for a breast cancer survivor following surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Results revealed that cancer survivors who maintained an exercise plan under medical supervision from the time of diagnosis of the condition manifested a better physiologic function during and after cancer treatments.

A randomized controlled trial was carried out on cancer survivors to evaluate whether motivational interviewing (MI) would in any way prove to help long-term survivors in increasing their participation in self-selected physical activities. It is concluded that the use of MI may increase physical activity in long-term cancer survivors may increase physical activity in long-term cancer survivors especially in persons with high self-efficacy for exercise.

A cross-sectional correlation test of the mediating model for the relationships among uncertainty, posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), and health promotion behaviors in the young adult survivors of childhood cancers is carried out. The conclusions demonstrated that the correlation between PTSS and health promotion behaviors is arbitrated by uncertainty and it is a feasible target for theory-based nursing interventions used to enhance health promotion behaviors in young adult survivors of childhood cancer.

A study examines the test-retest reliability of a measure of pre-diagnosis physical activity participation administered to colorectal cancer survivors recruited from a population-based state cancer registry. Overall findings of the study indicate low levels of repeatability for this measure of historical physical activity.

This article discusses the health impact of FRESH START, a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a personally tailored, distance-medicine-based intervention for improving diet and exercise behaviors of cancer survivors.

The primary purpose of this study was to examine the effect of aerobic exercise on physiological and psychological function in patients rehabilitating from cancer treatment. A second purpose was to evaluate the differential effects of low and moderate intensity exercise on these variables.