Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and breast cancer: determining how type, domain, duration and intensity affect risk and prognosis Posted on: 11 May 2020

Exercise can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer, and improve survival amongst women diagnosed with the disease. Despite this knowledge, the majority of Australian women do not participate in sufficient exercise. Further, how the eight or nine hours of daily sitting time accumulated by Australian women affects their breast cancer risk is unknown. Given what we know about the biology of breast cancer, it is likely that sitting time also contributes to risk. Read more…