Recreational physical activity and survival in African-American women with ovarian cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

While recreational physical activity (RPA) has been associated with reduced mortality in breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers, evidence for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is limited. Most EOC studies have been in predominantly white populations, although inactivity is more prevalent and survival is poorer among African-American (AA) women. We examined RPA before and after EOC diagnosis and associations with survival among AA women.

Methods

We analyzed data from 264 EOC survivors enrolled in a population-based, case-control study who completed surveys that included questions about pre- and post-diagnosis RPA. Data were collected on RPA frequency, intensity, and duration before diagnosis and approximately 1 year after the baseline interview. We calculated metaboli

SUBMITTER: Abbott SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9484488 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature