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

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

  • Michelle D. Holmes, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dr. Holmes, Channing Laboratory, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston MA, 02115, USA.
    • ,
  • Candyce H. Kroenke, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Received 22 December 2003

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2003.12.004

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

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