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Engaging in Health Behaviors to Lower Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrence
PURPOSE: While post-treatment breast cancer survivors face up to twice the cancer risk of the general population, modifiable health behaviors may somewhat reduce this risk. We sought to better understand health behaviors that early stage breast cancer survivors engage in to reduce recurrence risk. M...
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543271/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326466 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053607 |
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author | O'Neill, Suzanne C. DeFrank, Jessica T. Vegella, Patti Richman, Alice R. Henry, Leonard R. Carey, Lisa A. Brewer, Noel T. |
author_facet | O'Neill, Suzanne C. DeFrank, Jessica T. Vegella, Patti Richman, Alice R. Henry, Leonard R. Carey, Lisa A. Brewer, Noel T. |
author_sort | O'Neill, Suzanne C. |
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description | PURPOSE: While post-treatment breast cancer survivors face up to twice the cancer risk of the general population, modifiable health behaviors may somewhat reduce this risk. We sought to better understand health behaviors that early stage breast cancer survivors engage in to reduce recurrence risk. METHODS: Data came from a cross-sectional multi-site survey of 186 early-stage breast cancer survivors who received genomic testing for breast cancer recurrence risk (Oncotype DX) during their clinical care. Study outcomes were meeting health behavior recommendations (daily fruit and vegetable intake, regular physical activity, and having a healthy body mass index (BMI)). RESULTS: Approximately three-quarters of survivors we surveyed believed the 3 behaviors might reduce their cancer risk but many did not engage in these behaviors for this purpose: 62% for BMI, 36% for fruit and vegetable consumption, and 37% for physical activity. Survivors with higher recurrence risk, as indicated by their genomic test results, were no more likely to meet any of the three health behavior recommendations. Adherence to health behavior recommendations was higher for women who were white, college-educated, and had higher incomes. CONCLUSIONS: Many nonadherent breast cancer survivors wish to use these behavioral strategies to reduce their risk for recurrence, suggesting an important opportunity for intervention. Improving BMI, which has the largest association with cancer risk, is an especially promising target. |
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spelling | pubmed-35432712013-01-16 Engaging in Health Behaviors to Lower Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrence O'Neill, Suzanne C. DeFrank, Jessica T. Vegella, Patti Richman, Alice R. Henry, Leonard R. Carey, Lisa A. Brewer, Noel T. PLoS One Research Article PURPOSE: While post-treatment breast cancer survivors face up to twice the cancer risk of the general population, modifiable health behaviors may somewhat reduce this risk. We sought to better understand health behaviors that early stage breast cancer survivors engage in to reduce recurrence risk. METHODS: Data came from a cross-sectional multi-site survey of 186 early-stage breast cancer survivors who received genomic testing for breast cancer recurrence risk (Oncotype DX) during their clinical care. Study outcomes were meeting health behavior recommendations (daily fruit and vegetable intake, regular physical activity, and having a healthy body mass index (BMI)). RESULTS: Approximately three-quarters of survivors we surveyed believed the 3 behaviors might reduce their cancer risk but many did not engage in these behaviors for this purpose: 62% for BMI, 36% for fruit and vegetable consumption, and 37% for physical activity. Survivors with higher recurrence risk, as indicated by their genomic test results, were no more likely to meet any of the three health behavior recommendations. Adherence to health behavior recommendations was higher for women who were white, college-educated, and had higher incomes. CONCLUSIONS: Many nonadherent breast cancer survivors wish to use these behavioral strategies to reduce their risk for recurrence, suggesting an important opportunity for intervention. Improving BMI, which has the largest association with cancer risk, is an especially promising target. Public Library of Science 2013-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3543271/ /pubmed/23326466 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053607 Text en © 2013 O'Neill et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article O'Neill, Suzanne C. DeFrank, Jessica T. Vegella, Patti Richman, Alice R. Henry, Leonard R. Carey, Lisa A. Brewer, Noel T. Engaging in Health Behaviors to Lower Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrence |
title | Engaging in Health Behaviors to Lower Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrence |
title_full | Engaging in Health Behaviors to Lower Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrence |
title_fullStr | Engaging in Health Behaviors to Lower Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrence |
title_full_unstemmed | Engaging in Health Behaviors to Lower Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrence |
title_short | Engaging in Health Behaviors to Lower Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrence |
title_sort | engaging in health behaviors to lower risk for breast cancer recurrence |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543271/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326466 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053607 |
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