Elsevier

Women's Health Issues

Volume 14, Issue 1, January–February 2004, Pages 11-13
Women's Health Issues

Editorial
Beyond treatment: lifestyle choices after breast cancer to enhance quality of life and survival

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Dr. Holmes is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard medical School. Her research interests include lifestyle factors (diet, weight change, physical activity, and psychosocial factors) affecting quality of life and survival after a cancer diagnosis, as well as the association between diet and breast cancer risk. Other research interests include diet and lifestyle influences on endogenous levels of steroid hormones and insulin-like growth factor and ethnic differences in obesity and other

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    Dr. Holmes is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard medical School. Her research interests include lifestyle factors (diet, weight change, physical activity, and psychosocial factors) affecting quality of life and survival after a cancer diagnosis, as well as the association between diet and breast cancer risk. Other research interests include diet and lifestyle influences on endogenous levels of steroid hormones and insulin-like growth factor and ethnic differences in obesity and other lifestyle factors affecting chronic disease risk. She co-edited a book on nutrition for cancer survivors soon to be published by the American Cancer society.

    Dr. Kroenke is an instructor at the Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on quality of life and survival after breast cancer, as well as the influence of diet and psychosocial factors on chronic disease outcomes.

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