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Kerry S. Courneya
Researcher at University of Alberta
Publications - 638
Citations - 55786
Kerry S. Courneya is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 112, co-authored 608 publications receiving 49504 citations. Previous affiliations of Kerry S. Courneya include American Cancer Society & Dalhousie University.
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Coping with cancer: can exercise help?
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the recent literature reveals that exercise has a positive effect on a broad range of quality-of-life parameters after patients are diagnosed as having cancer as mentioned in this paper, and that physicians who prescribe exercise improve motivation and adherence in their patients who have cancer.
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Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of progressive resistance exercise training in lung cancer survivors
Carolyn J. Peddle-McIntyre,Carolyn J. Peddle-McIntyre,Gordon J. Bell,David Fenton,Linda J. McCargar,Kerry S. Courneya +5 more
TL;DR: PRET is a feasible intervention with potential health benefits for a small proportion of lung cancer survivors in the post-treatment setting and the primary outcomes focused on feasibility and preliminary efficacy.
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Case–control study of lifetime total physical activity and endometrial cancer risk
Christine M. Friedenreich,Christine M. Friedenreich,Linda S. Cook,Linda S. Cook,Linda S. Cook,Anthony M. Magliocco,Máire A. Duggan,Kerry S. Courneya +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided for a decreased risk between lifetime physical activity and endometrial cancer risk and a possible increased risk associated with sedentary behavior.
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A randomized trial of a lifestyle intervention in obese endometrial cancer survivors: quality of life outcomes and mediators of behavior change.
Vivian E. von Gruenigen,Heidi E. Gibbons,Mary Beth Kavanagh,Jeffrey W. Janata,Edith Lerner,Kerry S. Courneya +5 more
TL;DR: This pilot lifestyle intervention had no effect on quality of life or depression but did improve self-efficacy and some eating behaviors.
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Control group design, contamination and drop-out in exercise oncology trials: a systematic review.
Charlotte N. Steins Bisschop,Kerry S. Courneya,Miranda J. Velthuis,Evelyn M. Monninkhof,Lee W. Jones,Christine M. Friedenreich,Elsken van der Wall,Petra H.M. Peeters,Anne M. May +8 more
TL;DR: Control groups receiving an intervention during and after the study intervention period have lower contamination and drop-out rates than control groups offered an intervention after the intervention period.