Study on Breast Cancer Patient Perspectives of Exercise

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Survey

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02559362

UPCC 23114

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of the study is to establish the feasibility/willingness of breast cancer patients to delay surgery to do an exercise program, or be randomized to an exercise training program following treatment, and to see if that willingness correlates with prior physical activity history.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women,
• breast cancer diagnosis,
• all races will be included.

Exclusion criteria

• men,
• those with no breast cancer (ductal carcinoma in situ),
• pregnant women,
• children