"No such thing as good cancer": a qualitative exploration of the experience of early-onset thyroid cancer in survivors.

Background: The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased exponentially in recent decades. At the same time, there is a growing concern surrounding the overdiagnosis of indolent thyroid cancer, leading to invasive and potentially unnecessary interventions that can significantly impact young patients' lives. Yet, the experiences of survivors of thyroid cancer have been largely understudied.

Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Survival-Epidemiologic Evidence and Potential Biologic Mechanisms.

Purpose Of Review: To review the biologic mechanisms that may be operative between physical activity and survival after breast cancer.

Recent Findings: Physical activity decreases risk of mortality from breast cancer by up to 40%. Several biologic mechanisms have been hypothesized to explain this association.

Life-Space Mobility and Parkinson's Disease. A Multiple-Methods Study.

Background: Life-space mobility (LSM) captures a broad spectrum of mobility in physical and social environments; however, it has not been extensively studied in Parkinson's disease. Using a multiple-methods approach, individual, social and environmental factors that impact LSM were explored in PD.

Methods: Two hundred twenty-seven participants with PD (n = 113) and a comparative group without PD (n = 114) were recruited from the community.

The Alberta moving beyond breast cancer (AMBER) cohort study: baseline description of the full cohort.

Purpose: The Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (AMBER) Study is an ongoing prospective cohort study investigating how direct measures of physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SB), and health-related fitness (HRF) are associated with survival after breast cancer.

Methods: Women in Alberta with newly diagnosed stage I (≥ T1c) to IIIc breast cancer were recruited between 2012 and 2019. Baseline assessments were completed within 90 days of surgery.

The Burden of Late Effects and Related Risk Factors in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Scoping Review.

Risk factors associated with late effects in survivors of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer are poorly understood. We conducted a systematic scoping review to identify cohort studies published in English from 2010-2020 that included: (1) cancer survivors who were AYAs (age 15-39 years) at diagnosis and (2) outcomes of subsequent malignant neoplasms (SMNs), chronic conditions, and/or late mortality (>5 years postdiagnosis). There were 652 abstracts identified and, ultimately, 106 unique studies were included, of which 23, 34, and 54 studies related to the risk of SMNs, chronic conditions, and mortality, respectively.

Prospective Cohort Study of Pre- and Postdiagnosis Physical Activity and Endometrial Cancer Survival.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate associations between pre- and postdiagnosis physical activity and survival in survivors of endometrial cancer by physical activity domain, intensity, dose (metabolic-equivalent task [MET]-hours/week/year), and change from pre- to postdiagnosis.

Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study in Alberta, Canada, of 425 women who were diagnosed with histologically confirmed invasive endometrial cancer between 2002 and 2006 and observed to 2019. The interviewer-administered Lifetime Total Physical Activity Questionnaire recorded prediagnosis (assessed at a median of 4.

Physical activity, obesity and sedentary behavior in cancer etiology: epidemiologic evidence and biologic mechanisms.

An estimated 30-40% of cancers can be prevented through changes in modifiable lifestyle and environmental risk factors known to be associated with cancer incidence. Despite this knowledge, there remains limited awareness that these associations exist. The purpose of this review article was to summarize the epidemiologic evidence concerning the contribution of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and obesity to cancer etiology and to provide an overview of the biologic mechanisms that may be operative between these factors and cancer incidence.