Diet, Physical Activity, and Body Weight in Cancer Survivorship

Karishma Mehra; Alyssa Berkowitz; Tara Sanft

doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2017.06.004

Diet, Physical Activity, and Body Weight in Cancer Survivorship

Med Clin North Am. 2017 Nov;101(6):1151-1165. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2017.06.004. Epub 2017 Aug 23.

Authors

Karishma Mehra¹, Alyssa Berkowitz¹, Tara Sanft²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
² Department of Medical Oncology, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Electronic address: Tara.sanft@yale.edu.

PMID: 28992860
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2017.06.004

Abstract

Diet, physical activity, and body weight have been shown to play an important role in cancer survivorship. The impact of each of these lifestyle factors differs slightly among cancer types, and adherence to recommended diet and physical activity guidelines has been associated with positive outcomes, including decrease in the risk of cancer recurrence and improvement of quality of life. Although there are compelling data that appropriate diet, physical activity, and body weight have beneficial effects in cancer survivorship, additional trials are needed to understand the relationship.

Keywords: Cancer; Diet; Exercise; Obesity; Survivorship.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Body Weight
Breast Neoplasms / epidemiology
Breast Neoplasms / therapy
Colonic Neoplasms / epidemiology
Colonic Neoplasms / therapy
Diet*
Exercise*
Female
Humans
Life Style
Male
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Neoplasms / therapy*
Obesity / epidemiology*
Prostatic Neoplasms / epidemiology
Prostatic Neoplasms / therapy
Quality of Life
Survivors*