To our knowledge, the Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (AMBER) Study is the first and only prospective cohort study of breast cancer survivors that includes objectively-measured physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior, health-related fitness (HRF), and biologic mechanisms focused on understanding breast cancer outcomes. The purpose of the present study was to report on the feasibility of recruitment, baseline measurement completion, and the representativeness of the first 500 participants.AMBER is enrolling newly diagnosed stage I (≥T1c) to IIIc breast cancer survivors in Alberta, Canada. Baseline assessments are completed soon after diagnosis and include cardiorespiratory fitness, musculoskeletal fitness, body composition, objective and self-reported PA and sedentary behavior, lymphedema, and blood collection.Between July 2012 and November 2014, AMBER recruited its first 500 participants from a pool of 1,447 (35

作者：Kerry S, Courneya；Margaret L, McNeely；S Nicole, Culos-Reed；Jeff K, Vallance；Gordon J, Bell；John R, Mackey；Charles E, Matthews；Andria R, Morielli；Diane, Cook；Sarah, MacLaughlin；Megan S, Farris；Stephanie, Voaklander；Rachel, O'Reilly；Christine M, Friedenreich

来源：BMC cancer 2016 年 16卷