Grant: Team Grant: Physical Activity, Mobility and Health (full application)

The objective of our research team is to study physical activity and health-related fitness to improve breast cancer survivorship from the time of diagnosis and for the balance of life. We propose to achieve this objective by establishing a large cohort of breast cancer survivors with a comprehensive assessment of subjective and objective measures of physical activity and health-related fitness (e.g., physical fitness, physical functioning, body composition). This cohort will allow us to address important questions related to physical activity and health-related fitness including: (a) examining associations with important outcomes such as disease outcomes, symptoms, late effects, psychosocial outcomes, and quality of life, (b) examining determinants such as medical, social cognitive, and environmental, and (c) examining mechanisms and moderators of observed associations. These data will help inform strategies to promote physical activity and health-related fitness to improve breast cancer survivorship.