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. 2004 Jun 1;90(11):2138-41.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601820.

Exercise activity, body size and premenopausal breast cancer survival

S M Enger  1 , L Bernstein
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Exercise activity, body size and premenopausal breast cancer survival

S M Enger et al. Br J Cancer. .

Abstract

We evaluated prediagnosis predictors of breast cancer survival among 717 premenopausal breast cancer patients enrolled in a population-based case-control study and followed for 10.4 years. Using Cox's proportional hazards models, lifetime exercise, weight, and height were not associated with survival. Higher body mass index (trend P=0.21) and recent exercise activity (trend P=0.31) were weakly associated with longer survival.

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