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ReviewCurrent oncology reports2012

Physical activity and cancer.

Jessica Clague, Leslie Bernstein

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Review in Current oncology reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jessica ClagueDivision of Cancer Etiology, Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
Leslie Bernstein

Funding

CALIFORNIA TEACHERS STUDYR01CA077398 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI BERNSTEIN, LESLIE · 1998 to 2014
$29.7M
Research and Mentoring on Energetic Factors and Cancer: Established InvestigatorK05CA136967 · NCI · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI BERNSTEIN, LESLIE · 2009 to 2013
$684k
NCI NIH HHS K05 CA136967NCI NIH HHS R01 CA077398NCI NIH HHS R01 CA77398
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epidemiological evidence continues to accumulate on the benefits of physical activity in relation to cancer risk, progression and mortality. Recent studies suggest that sedentary behavior may independently affect cancer risk; they also focus on factors that may explain associations with physical activity, including cancer risk factors and whether associations exist for precancerous lesions. Despite enormous efforts to examine associations between physical activity and cancer, the literature is hindered by inconsistent assessment of physical activity across studies, and incomplete consideration of variation of effects across population subgroups (for example, defined by body size, age or sex) or tumors subgroups (organ location, receptor status, or molecular subtype), and whether other factors explain study results. Clearly, public health recommendations for appropriate changes in activity levels are needed; unfortunately, at this time, we have no exact physical activity prescription to give to the public.

Indexed as

Exercise TherapyNeoplasmsPhysical FitnessEnergy MetabolismHumansPublic HealthRisk FactorsSurvival Analysis

Identifiers

PMID22945451
PMCPMC3490043

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