ArticleJournal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics2015
Exploring Diet, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life in Females with Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Pilot Study to Support Future Intervention.
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- A whole food, plant-based randomized controlled trial in metastatic breast cancer: feasibility, nutrient, and patient-reported outcomes.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2024Trial
- Technology-based supportive care for metastatic breast cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Trial
- Every Day Counts: a randomized pilot lifestyle intervention for women with metastatic breast cancer.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2021Trial
- Feasibility of an exercise program in endocrine-treated metastatic breast cancer patients with overweight: protocol for the FEMA study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Assessment of the functional and health-related needs of patients with metastatic breast cancer prior to initiation of cancer treatment.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2025Article
- A Whole Food, Plant-Based Randomized Controlled Trial in Metastatic Breast Cancer: Feasibility, Nutrient, and Patient-Reported Outcomes.Research square · 2023Article
- Addressing metastatic individuals everyday: Rationale and design of the nurse AMIE for Amazon Echo Show trial among metastatic breast cancer patients.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
- Poor Muscle Status, Dietary Protein Intake, Exercise Levels, Quality of Life and Physical Function in Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer at Chemotherapy Commencement and during Follow-Up.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- Feasibility and Health Benefits of an Individualized Physical Activity Intervention in Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer: Intervention Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
- Quality of Life and Its Association with Physical Activity among Different Types of Cancer Survivors.PloS one · 2016Article
- Understanding Nutritional Problems of Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients: Opportunities for Supportive Care Through eHealth.Cancer nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundHistorically, women with metastatic breast cancer are excluded from lifestyle interventions under the assumptions that diet and physical activity will have little impact on their disease trajectory. However, recent treatment advances have led to significant increases in survivorship that pose challenges to this assumption.
objectiveThe objectives of this study were to measure dietary intake, physical functioning, and quality of life in a subset of women with metastatic breast cancer, and to inform future interventions in this growing population.
designDemographics, clinical characteristics, dietary intake, physical functioning, and quality of life were examined cross-sectionally using validated methodologies. PARTICIPANTS/
settingTwenty-five women with metastatic breast cancer were recruited during a 4-month period (June 2014 to September 2014) from two university hospitals in the Midwest that serve an ethnically diverse patient population. Women completed questionnaires and 24-hour dietary recalls (1 weekday, 1 weekend). MAIN OUTCOME: Lifestyle habits were analyzed. STATISTICAL ANALYSES: Means (±standard deviations) and frequencies were tallied and t tests were conducted.
resultsOn average, participants were 58.8 (±12.8) years of age, predominantly minority, had been living with metastatic breast cancer for a mean of 36.9 (±29.3) months, and exhibited significant nutrition-impact symptomology (eg, pain, dry mouth, fatigue). Bone and lung were the most common sites of metastases. Compared to a larger, normative sample of women with metastatic breast cancer, study participants displayed similar physical (P=0.61) and functional well-being scores (P=0.76), but higher social (P=0.10) and emotional well-being scores (P<0.01). The analyses of lifestyle factors showed that the majority of women were overweight or obese (n=14), not routine exercisers (n=15), and had dietary patterns high in fat and low in fiber.
conclusionsThis study supports that many women with metastatic breast cancer are in need of carefully tailored, evidence-based lifestyle strategies that address symptom burden, including weight management. The implications of diet and physical activity on quality of life in this population remain unexplored.
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