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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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Systemic Inflammation, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Lee W. Jones,Neil D. Eves,John R. Mackey,Carolyn J. Peddle,Mark J. Haykowsky,Anil A. Joy,Keith Tankel,Kerry S. Courneya,Tony Reiman +8 more
TL;DR: A pilot study to examine the association between an objective measure of physical functioning (cardiorespiratory fitness), QOL, markers of systemic inflammation, and established predictors of prognosis among 42 patients with histologically confirmed inoperable NSCLC and PS 70.
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Optimization of a technology-supported physical activity intervention for breast cancer survivors: Fit2Thrive study protocol
Siobhan M. Phillips,Linda M. Collins,Frank J. Penedo,Kerry S. Courneya,Whitney A. Welch,Alison Cottrell,Gillian R. Lloyd,Kara L. Gavin,David Cella,Ronald T. Ackermann,Juned Siddique,Bonnie Spring +11 more
TL;DR: The Fit2Thrive trial is the first trial to use the MOST framework to develop and test a physical activity promotion intervention in breast cancer survivors and will lead to an improved understanding of how to effectively change survivors' physical activity.
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Exercise as rehabilitation for cancer patients.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the literature on the association of exercise and rehabilitation among cancer patients in order to stimulate research in this field and found that exercise resulted in an improvement of the physiologic parameters observed, including increases in functional capacity and lean tissue, decreases in percent body fat, nausea and fatigue.
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A new paradigm for examining the correlates of aerobic, strength, and combined exercise: an application to gynecologic cancer survivors.
TL;DR: A new paradigm is proposed that calls on researchers to examine not only the correlates of meeting the various exercise guidelines versus no guideline but also the correlatesof meeting the combined guidelines versus one guideline and meeting one guideline versus the other guideline.
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Social-ecological correlates of physical activity in kidney cancer survivors.
Linda Trinh,Linda Trinh,Kristian Larsen,Guy Faulkner,Ronald C. Plotnikoff,Ryan E. Rhodes,Scott North,Kerry S. Courneya +7 more
TL;DR: Meeting PA guidelines in KCS were associated with various aspects of the social-ecological model, including disease stage, drug therapy, and the perceived presence of many retail shops in the neighborhood.