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. 2020 Jun 15;126(12):2750-2758.
doi: 10.1002/cncr.32860. Epub 2020 Mar 25.

An exercise oncology clinical pathway: Screening and referral for personalized interventions

Nicole L Stout  1   2 , Justin C Brown  3 , Anna L Schwartz  4 , Timothy F Marshall  5 , Anna M Campbell  6 , Larissa Nekhlyudov  7 , David S Zucker  8 , Karen M Basen-Engquist  9 , Grace Campbell  10 , Jeffrey Meyerhardt  11 , Andrea L Cheville  12 , Kelley R Covington  13 , Jennifer A Ligibel  11 , Jonas M Sokolof  14 , Kathryn H Schmitz  15 , Catherine M Alfano  16
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An exercise oncology clinical pathway: Screening and referral for personalized interventions

Nicole L Stout et al. Cancer. .
No abstract available

Keywords: exercise; physical activity; rehabilitation; supportive care; survivorship.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest:

Catherine M. Alfano is employed by the American Cancer Society, which receives grants from private and corporate foundations, including foundations associated with companies in the health sector, for research outside the submitted work. Dr. Alfano is not funded by or key personnel for any of these grants, and her salary is solely funded through American Cancer Society funds. The other authors made no disclosures.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Five Domains that Inform Assessment for Exercise Referrals and Prescription
Figure 2a.
Figure 2a.
Algorithm for an exercise referral clinical pathway* *The pathway is intended to stratify individuals to higher (red) or lower (green) condition complexity which provides insight to the level of supervision and guidance they may need to successfully engage in exercise and informs referrals to setting outlined in 2b.
Figure 2b.
Figure 2b.
Suggested Exercise Settings and Supervision Based on Individual Condition Complexity and Risk for Decline.
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