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ArticleJAMA network open2025

Exercise Communication for Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Scoping Review.

Oliver W A Wilson, Kaitlyn M Wojcik, Laura Q Rogers, Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, David Farrell, Gisela Butera, Charles E Matthews, Richard L Street, Jinani Jayasekera

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Article in JAMA network open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Breast cancer survivors' perspectives on a clinical decision tool to support individualized exercise prescriptions and discussions.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Oliver W A WilsonDivision of Intramural Research at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Kaitlyn M WojcikDivision of Intramural Research at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Laura Q RogersDivision of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine at University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Wendy Demark-WahnefriedDepartment of Nutrition Sciences at University of Alabama at Birmingham.
David FarrellPeople Designs, Durham, North Carolina.
Gisela ButeraOffice of Research Services, National Institutes of Health Library, Bethesda, Maryland.
Charles E MatthewsMetabolic Epidemiology Branch at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Richard L StreetDepartment of Communication and Journalism at Texas A & M University, College Station.
Jinani JayasekeraDivision of Intramural Research at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

Funding

Health Equity and Decision SciencesZIAMD000022 · NIMHD · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES · PI JAYASEKERA, JINANI · 2023 to 2025
$962k
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA MD000022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Importance: Exercise may offer various clinical benefits to breast cancer survivors. However, exercise participation among survivors is low. Discussions about exercise can increase participation, but details regarding implementation of exercise communication for breast cancer survivors are unclear. Objective: To examine the development and implementation of explicitly reported exercise communication for breast cancer survivors. Evidence Review: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews was used. Six databases (PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, Communication and Mass Media Complete, and PsycINFO) were searched for articles describing exercise communication for female breast cancer survivors in any geographical location or setting published up to April 2024. Information about study and participant characteristics, exercise communication, and intervention components and effects were extracted. Findings: Thirty-nine studies were included. Information consistent with exercise guidelines was communicated in 32 studies for aerobic exercise (82.1%) and 7 studies for muscle-strengthening exercise (17.9%). More studies communicated information about exercise benefits (20 [51.3%]) compared with exercise safety (3 [7.7%]). Studies included breast cancer survivors who were predominantly White (median [range], 85.5% [47.4%-98.7%]). Most included breast cancer survivors were educated (median percentage, 50.7% were college graduates) and had completed primary treatment (eg, median percentage, 66.7% had completed chemotherapy). Seventeen individualized (ie, tailored) information based on demographic or clinical characteristics (43.6%), and 5 considered contextual factors, such as the environment (12.8%). Most interventions reported an increase in exercise (19 of 21 [90.4%]). Heterogeneity in intervention design (eg, dietary advice or exercise trackers in addition to exercise information) and evaluation (eg, intervention length and outcomes) prevented quantitative synthesis of intervention effects. Conclusions and Relevance: In this systematic scoping review of exercise communication for breast cancer survivors, interventions including exercise communication appeared to show a favorable effect. However, data were limited about the development and implementation of these interventions among underrepresented breast cancer survivors. Interest in research involving exercise communication for breast cancer survivors in clinical settings remains strong.

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Breast NeoplasmsCancer SurvivorsCommunicationExerciseFemaleHumansMiddle Aged

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PMCPMC12084847

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