Why the study?
Do lifestyle interventions improve cardiorespiratory fitness and reduce recurrence in breast cancer survivors?
Do lifestyle interventions improve cardiorespiratory fitness and reduce recurrence in breast cancer survivors?
This review highlights the importance of physical activity and diet in mitigating cardiovascular risk and improving outcomes in breast cancer survivors.
Supports recommending physical activity post-breast cancer to improve outcomes and lower CV risk; leaves open confirmation from prospective RCTs.
As patients are living longer after a cancer diagnosis, survivorship is becoming increasingly important in cancer care. The sequelae of multimodality therapies include weight gain and decreased cardiorespiratory fitness, which increase cardiovascular risk. Evidence suggests that physical activity reduces the risk of breast cancer recurrence and death. Avoidance of weight gain after therapy also improves outcomes after a diagnosis of breast cancer. Prospective randomized trials must be performed to determine the benefits of specific physical activity and dietary habits for survivors of breast cancer. This review outlines the important physiologic changes that occur with antineoplastic therapy and the important role of exercise and diet.
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