Cardiovascular disease and breast cancer: where these entities intersect: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

LS Mehta, KE Watson, A Barac, TM Beckie, V Bittner… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of mortality in women, yet many
people perceive breast cancer to be the number one threat to women's health. CVD and …

Body weight management in overweight and obese breast cancer survivors

H Shaikh, P Bradhurst, LX Ma, SYC Tan… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Studies suggest that overweight and obese breast cancer survivors are at
increased risk of cancer recurrence and have higher all‐cause mortality. Obesity has an …

Adding high-intensity interval training to conventional training modalities: optimizing health-related outcomes during chemotherapy for breast cancer: the OptiTrain …

S Mijwel, M Backman, KA Bolam, A Jervaeus… - Breast cancer research …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Exercise training is an effective and safe way to counteract cancer-related fatigue
(CRF) and to improve health-related quality of life (HRQoL). High-intensity interval training …

Highly favorable physiological responses to concurrent resistance and high-intensity interval training during chemotherapy: the OptiTrain breast cancer trial

S Mijwel, M Backman, KA Bolam, E Olofsson… - Breast cancer research …, 2018 - Springer
Background Advanced therapeutic strategies are often accompanied by significant adverse
effects, which warrant equally progressive countermeasures. Physical exercise has proven …

Exercise training during chemotherapy preserves skeletal muscle fiber area, capillarization, and mitochondrial content in patients with breast cancer

S Mijwel, DA Cardinale, J Norrbom… - The FASEB …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Exercise has been suggested to ameliorate the detrimental effects of chemotherapy on
skeletal muscle. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of different exercise …

High-intensity exercise during chemotherapy induces beneficial effects 12 months into breast cancer survivorship

S Mijwel, A Jervaeus, KA Bolam, J Norrbom… - Journal of Cancer …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Whether the benefits of exercise during chemotherapy continue into survivorship is
not well-known. Here, the aim was to examine the effects of two exercise interventions on …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of yoga on health-related quality, physical health and psychological health in women with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy: a systematic review …

LJ Yi, X Tian, YF Jin, MJ Luo… - Annals of palliative …, 2021 - apm.amegroups.org
Background: Yoga receive more attention from breast cancer patients, however its feasibility
and efficacy during chemotherapy remains conflicting. We performed this systematic review …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammation mediates exercise effects on fatigue in patients with breast cancer

AE Hiensch, S Mijwel, D Bargiela… - Medicine and science …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose The randomized controlled OptiTrain trial showed beneficial effects on fatigue after
a 16-wk exercise intervention in patients with breast cancer undergoing adjuvant …

Two-year follow-up of the OptiTrain randomised controlled exercise trial

KA Bolam, S Mijwel, H Rundqvist… - Breast cancer research …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to determine if there were any differences in health-
related outcomes and physical activity (PA) between the two OptiTrain exercise groups and …

Physical activity as an imperative support in breast cancer management

MA Ortega, O Fraile-Martínez, C García-Montero… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary During the recent years, the field of exercise and physical activity have
expanded prominently, not only for the prevention but also for the management of different …