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. 2021 Feb 1;127(3):476-484.
doi: 10.1002/cncr.33245. Epub 2020 Oct 22.

Moving through cancer: Setting the agenda to make exercise standard in oncology practice

Kathryn H Schmitz  1 , Nicole L Stout  2 , Melissa Maitin-Shepard  3 , Anna Campbell  4 , Anna L Schwartz  5 , Chloe Grimmett  6 , Jeffrey A Meyerhardt  7 , Jonas M Sokolof  8
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Moving through cancer: Setting the agenda to make exercise standard in oncology practice

Kathryn H Schmitz et al. Cancer. .

Abstract

International evidence-based guidelines support the prescription of exercise for all individuals living with and beyond cancer. This article describes the agenda of the newly formed Moving Through Cancer initiative, which has a primary objective of making exercise standard practice in oncology by 2029.

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