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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2013

Lifestyle issues for colorectal cancer survivors--perceived needs, beliefs and opportunities.

Annie S Anderson, Robert Steele, Joanne Coyle

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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60citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Systematic review of the needs and health-related quality of life domains relevant to people surviving cancer in Europe.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025
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  8. Self-management interventions for cancer survivors: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018
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  17. Effects of a clinic-referred telemedical intervention to improve exercise uptake during chemotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Annie S AndersonCentre for Research into Cancer Prevention and Screening, Ninewells Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK. a.s.anderson@dundee.ac.uk
Robert Steele
Joanne Coyle
University of Dundee · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0802030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAs survival rates for patients treated with colorectal cancer (CRC) increase, it is important to consider the short- and long-term self-management needs. The current work aimed to explore perceived patient needs for advice on diet, activity and beliefs about the role of lifestyle for reducing disease recurrence.

methodsForty colorectal cancer survivors, aged between 27 and 84, participated in six focus groups in community locations in the UK.

resultsThe findings suggest that CRC survivors would welcome guidance on diet in the immediate posttreatment period to alleviate symptoms and fears about food choices. Many participants actively sought lifestyle advice but experienced confusion, mixed messages, culturally inappropriate guidance and uncertainty about evidence of benefit. There was scepticism over the role of diet and physical activity as causes of cancer, in part because people believed their lifestyles had been healthy and could not see how reinstating healthy behaviours would reduce future disease risk. The sense of changing lifestyle to 'stack the odds in their favour' (against recurrence) appeared a more meaningful concept than prevention per se. Those people who had made or maintained dietary changes highlighted the importance of these to contributing to wellbeing and a sense of control in their life.

conclusionsA dogmatic approach to lifestyle change may lead to perceptions of victim blaming and stigmatisation. Personalised, evidence informed, guidance on lifestyle choices does appear to be a much needed part of care planning and should be built in to survivorship programmes.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth PromotionLife StyleAdultAgedAged, 80 and overColorectal NeoplasmsDietEnglandExerciseFemaleFocus GroupsHumansMaleMiddle AgedScotland

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PMID22773297
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