Physical activity before and after cancer diagnosis and mortality risk in three large prospective cohorts

Menée à partir des données de 3 cohortes prospectives incluant 10 541 patients atteints d'un cancer, cette étude analyse l'effet, sur la mortalité, de la pratique d'une activité physique avant et après le diagnostic de la maladie

Cancer Causes & Control, sous presse, 2024, résumé

Résumé en anglais

Purpose: Physical activity (PA) can improve cancer survival; however, whether the timing of PA differentially affects mortality risk is unclear. We evaluated the association between PA levels pre- and post-diagnosis and mortality risk in the Women’s Health Study (WHS), Physicians’ Health Study (PHS)-I, and PHS-II prospective cohorts.

Methods: We categorized PA pre- and post-diagnosis as active (WHS: