Gardening improves health outcomes for breast cancer patients
https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/gardening-and-breast-cancer
Full article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cncr.31559
Research has shown that adopting a healthier lifestyle may improve overall health and outcomes for cancer survivors. This study looked at a 1-year home-based gardening intervention to increase activity and wellbeing among breast cancer survivors. (08/31/18)
Questions To Ask Your Health Care Provider
- What are my exercise options during and after treatment?
- How much exercise should I get?
- How should I protect my arms from injury when gardening?
- What is a good, balanced diet for me?
- What is a healthy body weight given my age, size and health?
- Can you refer me to a nutritionist?
Open Clinical Trials
The following studies focus on exercise for people diagnosed with breast cancer.
- NCT04000880: AMPLIFY: An Online Weight Loss Study Specifically for Cancer Survivors. AMPLIFY is a nationwide, web-based diet and exercise study recruiting overweight survivors of early-stage breast, prostate, ovarian, renal, colorectal, endometrial cancer or multiple myeloma. Participants are age 50 and older and are interested in becoming more active, eating better and losing weight.
- NCT04621721: Physical Activity at Home for Relief from Neuropathy Caused by Taxanes in People with Breast Cancer. This study looks at the effects of gain and balance training and resistance exercise (using bands) on gait, balance and lower extremity muscle strength after a 16-week, home-based exercise program compared to educational materials without an exercise program.
- NCT04298086: A Study of the Body's Response to Exercise and a Plant-Based Diet in Overweight Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer. This study is looking to find out what effects exercise and a plant-based diet have on aromatase levels in postmenopausal women who are overweight and being treated with an aromatase inhibitor for their HR+ breast cancer.
- NCT05327452: Testing Home-based Exercise Strategies in Underserved Minority Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: the THRIVE Study. The purpose of this research is to determine whether a 16-week, home-based, aerobic and resistance exercise intervention increases physical activity levels in Black and Hispanic patients with breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer.
- NCT03761706: Impact of Home-based Aerobic and Strength Exercises During Chemotherapy for Early Breast Cancer on Biomarkers of Aging. This effort determines if engagement in physical activity during chemotherapy has a moderating effect on increases in p16 levels during chemotherapy.
- NCT03824145: Every Day Counts: A Lifestyle Program for Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer (EDC).This study examines dietary and activity patterns, body composition, blood and quality of life in breast cancer patients. The study will recruit 176 women with MBC in Milwaukee and Chicago.
Visit our Featured Research Page and Research Search and Enroll Tool to find additional studies enrolling people with, or at high risk for cancer.
About FORCE
FORCE is a national nonprofit organization, established in 1999. Our mission is to improve the lives of individuals and families affected by adult hereditary cancers.