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Can we estimate cardiorespiratory fitness in breast cancer survivors without exercise?
Can we estimate cardiorespiratory fitness in breast cancer survivors without exercise?
This editorial discusses the challenge of cardiovascular risk stratification and the potential for estimating cardiorespiratory fitness without exercise testing in breast cancer survivors.
A dvances in screening and treatment over recent decades have resulted in increasing numbers of breast cancer survivors (1).In part because of shared risk factors and potential adverse cardiac and vascular effects of cancer therapies, breast cancer survivors are at increased longterm risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) (2,3).Despite increased attention and improved understanding of the mechanisms underlying the higher CVD risk in breast cancer survivors, risk stratification remains challenging.Impaired cardiorespiratory
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