title: A case study: prescriptive exercise intervention after bilateral mastectomies.
abstract: Exercise for cancer patients is gaining support. In the current case study, a female breast cancer patient was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 29 years; she underwent a left modified radical mastectomy. She developed cancer again in the opposite breast at the age of 57 years and had a right modified radical mastectomy. After the second mastectomy (the right breast), the patient received chemotherapy and radiation. Following her cancer treatments, she participated in an exercise intervention for 6 months at the University of Northern Colorado's Rocky Mountain Cancer Rehabilitation Institute. A 6-month reassessment showed that she increased her muscular strength and cardiovascular function in addition to attenuating her cancer-related fatigue and depression. It is recommended that health professionals work together to ensure that a collaborative effort is undertaken to increase functional work capacity that will significantly improve patients' quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Regional Breast Center of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado 80639, USA.
authors.forename: Susan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Scott N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Drum
authors.forename: Reid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.forename: Carole M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015411:Mastectomy, Modified Radical / Q000379:methods; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome