Table 1.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria.
| Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|
| ■ Females with pathologically confirmed breast cancer | ■ Stage IV breast cancer |
| ■ Stage I–III | ■ Patients with end-stage disease, severe dementia and/or life expectancy of less than one year |
| ■ Age: 65 years and older | ■ Inability to understand English as study instruments have not been validated in other languages |
| ■ Have completed primary surgery (Lumpectomy or mastectomy) | ■ Inability to provide informed consent |
| ■ Are within five years of treatment completion (primary surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy), whichever was received last | ■ High-riska patients for Cardiovascular Disease per the ASCM/AHA pre-exercise screening questionnaire who do not receive medical clearance from a physician |
| ■ Adjuvant hormonal therapy and targeted therapy are allowed | ■ Other medical or psychological conditions that would make participation unsafe or inhibit our ability to test our primary hypothesis, e.g. Parkinson’s disease, severe arthritis |
| ■ Race: African-Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites |
a
High risk denotes women with known or signs/symptoms of cardiac, pulmonary and/or metabolic disease such as diabetes