BACKGROUND: We prospectively examined the association between physical activity, body weight and quality of life in Dutch postmenopausal early breast cancer patients treated withadjuvant endocrine therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this side study of a large clinical trial, lifestyle and quality-of-life questionnaires were filled out 1 and 2 years after the start of endocrine therapy (T1 and T2, respectively) and included a pre-diagnosis lifestyle assessment (T0). A total of 435 breast cancer patients returned both questionnaires. RESULTS: Individuals with a physical activity level above the median who maintained this level from T0 to T1 reported the best global quality of life and physical functioning and the least fatigue at T2, as compared with individuals with low levels of physical activity which further decreased after diagnosis (difference of +16, +14, and -22 points on a 0-100 quality-of-life scale, respectively; P < 0.01). Overweight or obese women who gained body weight after diagnosis reported worst quality of life and most fatigue as compared with women who maintained a stable body weight (difference of -8, -10 and +2 points, respectively; P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Maintaining high pre-diagnosis physical activity levels and a healthy body weight is associated with better quality of life after breast cancer.
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BACKGROUND: We prospectively examined the association between physical activity, body weight and quality of life in Dutch postmenopausal early breast cancerpatients treated with adjuvant endocrine therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this side study of a large clinical trial, lifestyle and quality-of-life questionnaires were filled out 1 and 2 years after the start of endocrine therapy (T1 and T2, respectively) and included a pre-diagnosis lifestyle assessment (T0). A total of 435 breast cancerpatients returned both questionnaires. RESULTS: Individuals with a physical activity level above the median who maintained this level from T0 to T1 reported the best global quality of life and physical functioning and the least fatigue at T2, as compared with individuals with low levels of physical activity which further decreased after diagnosis (difference of +16, +14, and -22 points on a 0-100 quality-of-life scale, respectively; P < 0.01). Overweight or obesewomen who gained body weight after diagnosis reported worst quality of life and most fatigue as compared with women who maintained a stable body weight (difference of -8, -10 and +2 points, respectively; P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Maintaining high pre-diagnosis physical activity levels and a healthy body weight is associated with better quality of life after breast cancer.
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