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METHODS

We are recruiting physically inactive postmenopausal women, with Stage 0-IIIA breast cancer, who have completed adjuvant treatment (except for hormonal therapy), from Yale-New Haven Hospital. Breast cancer survivors are identified using the Rapid Case Ascertainment (RCA) Resource of the Yale Cancer Center. RCA functions as the field arm of the Connecticut Tumor Registry, an NCI SEER site. Women are randomized into one of 2 equal-sized groups: an Exercise Group or a Control group. Baseline, six-, and 12-month measures will be compared. The exercise goal is 30 min of moderate-intensity exercise, 5 days/week (3 supervised sessions and 2 sessions on their own). Women wear heart rate monitors and record their daily activity in a PA log for all 52 weeks of the study. Women randomized to the control group are asked to maintain their current PA level.

RESULTS

As of October 15, 2004, 579 …