Additional cardiovascular fitness when progressing from moderate- to high-intensity exercise training in previously trained breast cancer survivors

• Published in: Supportive care in cancer Vol. 29; no. 11; pp. 6645 - 6650
• Main Authors: Bell, Richard A., Baldi, James C., Jones, Lynnette M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Body composition; Breast cancer; Cancer; Cardiovascular system; Chemotherapy; Development and progression; Exercise; Exercise intensity; Exercise therapy; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nursing; Nursing Research; Oncology; Original Article; Pain Medicine; Physical fitness; Physiological aspects; Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation Medicine; Survivor; HIIT training; VO; Breast cancer; peak; Body composition; VO2peak
• ISSN: 0941-4355; 1433-7339; 1433-7339
• DOI: 10.1007/s00520-021-06259-w

Purpose Cardiovascular disease, often secondary to chemotherapy, is the leading cause of death in BC survivors. Increased aerobic capacity improves post-rehabilitation survival; however, many cancer rehabilitation programs are limited to lower intensity training. High-intensity interval training (HI...