Cancer and staying fit

Learn more about exercise and breast cancer.

Articles of interest:

• An Exercise Plan for Every Woman, excerpted from The Breast Cancer Survivor's Fitness Plan, a book from Harvard Health Publications
• Seven things you should know about breast cancer risk, from the January 2007 issue of the Harvard Women’s Health Watch
• Exercise helps breast cancer survivors live longer, from the August 2005 issue of the Harvard Women’s Health Watch

Also of interest:

	Click to enlarge		The Breast Cancer Survivor’s Fitness Plan When you are going through cancer treatments, the last thing you feel like doing is exercising — but it can be the key to your well-being and ultimate survival. In an encouraging, compassionate "I’ve been there" tone, Dr. Carolyn Kaelin offers a wealth of practical advice, proven techniques, and much-needed support. Read more

	Click to enlarge		Living Through Breast Cancer Harvard doctor. Breast cancer surgeon. Breast cancer survivor. Carolyn Kaelin, MD, MPH, knows the twists and turns breast cancer can take from both sides of the stethoscope. At 42, Kaelin, the director of the Comprehensive Breast Health Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Suddenly, she faced losing her breast, hair, eyebrows, energy, and far more. A mother of two, a wife, a working woman, and an avid skier and cyclist, she was forced to put so much that she cared about on hold. Read more