This book explores in depth the relation between physical activity and cancer control, including primary prevention, coping with treatments, recovery after treatments, long-term survivorship, secondary prevention, and survival. The first part of the book presents the most recent research on the impact of physical activity in preventing a range of cancers. In the second part, the association between physical activity and cancer survivorship is addressed. The effects of physical activity on supportive care endpoints (e.g., quality of life, fatigue, physical functioning) and disease endpoints (e.g., biomarkers, recurrence, survival) are carefully analyzed. In addition, the determinants of physical activity in cancer survivors are discussed, and behavior change strategies for increasing physical activity in cancer survivors are appraised. The final part of the book is devoted to special topics, including the relation of physical activity to pediatric cancer survivorship and to palliative cancer care.

1;Contents;5 2;Physical Activity and Cancer: An Introduction;14 3;Part I Physical Activity and Cancer Prevention;24 3.1;Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Prevention;25 3.2;Physical Activity and Genitourinary Cancer Prevention;55 3.3;Physical Activity and Gastrointestinal Cancer Prevention;84 3.4;Physical Activity and Lung Cancer Prevention;112 3.5;Physical Activity and Hematologic Cancer Prevention;145 3.6;Physical Activity and Gynecologic Cancer Prevention;169 4;Part II Physical Activity and Cancer Survivorship;196 4.1;Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Survivorship;197 4.2;Physical Activity and Genitourinary Cancer Survivorship;224 4.3;Physical Activity and Gastrointestinal Cancer Survivorship;244 4.4;Physical Activity and Lung Cancer Survivorship;261 4.5;Physical Activity and Hematological Cancer Survivorship;281 4.6;Physical Activity and Gynecologic Cancer Survivorship;311 5;Part III Physical Activity and Cancer Special Topics;322 5.1;Physical Activity and Pediatric Cancer Survivorship;323 5.2;Physical Activity and Palliative Cancer Care;352 5.3;Physical Activity Motivation and Cancer Survivorship;369