Moving Through Cancer
Strong research evidence supports the benefits of routine exercise during and after cancer treatment — including ability to manage treatment side effects, recover strength and stamina, and reduce risk of cancer recurrence. However, less than 30% of cancer survivors in the United States exercise routinely.
The mission of Moving Through Cancer, a taskforce led by world-renown researcher Dr. Kathryn Schmitz, is to make these benefits a reality by assuring all people living with and beyond cancer are assessed, advised, referred to, and engaged in appropriate exercise and rehabilitation support services as part of their cancer care and recovery.
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Moving Through Cancer Task Force
The mission of the Moving Through Cancer (MTC) initiative is to assure that all people living with and beyond cancer are assessed, advised, referred to and engaged in appropriate exercise and rehabilitation programming as standard of care.
- Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, FACSM, FTOS
- Anna Campbell, PhD, MBE
- Chris Draft
- Jessica Gorzelitz, PhD, MS
- Laura G. Dick BS, ACSM-CPT
- Neil Iyengar, MD
- Mary A. Kennedy, PhD, ACSM-EP
- John Lovelace
- Melissa Maitin-Shepard, MPP
- Sharyl Nass, PhD
- Shelley Fuld Nasso, MPP
- Anna L. Schwartz, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
- Jonas M. Sokoloff, DO
- Kristen Sullivan, MS, MPH
- Christopher Wilson, DScPT, DPT, GCS
- Karen Wonders, PhD
- Kelley C. Wood, PhD, MS, ACSM-CEP, CET
- Healthcare Systems-Based Exercise Oncology Programs: Emphasizing and Speaking the Language of the Clinic and Patient
- Proximity to cancer rehabilitation and exercise oncology by geography, race, and socioeconomic status
- Looking back: a review of policy implications for exercise oncology
- Identification of core competencies for exercise oncology professionals: A Delphi study of United States and Australian participants
- Moving Through Cancer: Setting the agenda to make exercise standard in oncology practice
- Exercise is medicine in oncology: Engaging clinicians to help patients move through cancer
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