FRESH START Diet and Exercise Trial among Cancer Survivors: Assessing the Impact on Serum Markers Associated with Progressive Disease & Co-morbidity (2005)

Title:

FRESH START Diet and Exercise Trial among Cancer Survivors: Assessing the Impact on Serum Markers Associated with Progressive Disease & Co-morbidity

Key words:

Fresh Start Diet and Exercise intervention program, blood biomarkers, cancer patients and survivors

Research Institution:

Duke University

Location:

North Carolina

Researcher:

Wendy Demark-Wahnefried

Project Description:

This study investigated blood biomarkers in the participants of the Fresh Start Diet and Exercise intervention program that is ongoing among cancer patients, and determined the extent to which the program leads to alteration in lipid profles, insulin, IGF levels and cytokine profles.