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Catherine M. Alfano is affiliated with the American Cancer Society in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on oncology. Their research encompasses a variety of subfields, including oncology, public health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and economics and econometrics.

Their scholarly work primarily addresses topics related to cancer survivorship and care, including childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, palliative care and end-of-life issues, cancer risks and factors, cancer-related cognitive impairment studies, management of metastatic bone disease, and family support in illness.

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • Exercise, Diet, and Weight Management During Cancer Treatment: ASCO Guideline, 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Improved models of care for cancer survivors, 2022, The Lancet
  • Management of Cancer and Health After the Clinic Visit: A Call to Action for Self-Management in Cancer Care, 2020, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • An exercise oncology clinical pathway: Screening and referral for personalized interventions, 2020, Cancer
  • Systematic Review of Functional Outcomes in Cancer Rehabilitation, 2022, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Frequent coauthors include Annelise A. Madison, Stephen P. Povoski, Megan E. Renna, William E. Carson, and Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser.

Catherine M. Alfano's publications often appear in the following venues:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Cancer treatment and survivorship statistics, 2019

    Kimberly D. Miller;Leticia Nogueira;Angela B. Mariotto;Julia H. Rowland

  • Physical Activity, Biomarkers, and Disease Outcomes in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review

    Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Christine M. Friedenreich;Kerry S. Courneya;Sameer M. Siddiqi

  • Comparison of Pharmaceutical, Psychological, and Exercise Treatments for Cancer-Related Fatigue: A Meta-analysis

    Karen M. Mustian;Catherine M. Alfano;Charles Heckler;Amber S. Kleckner

  • Cancer Survivors in the United States: Prevalence across the Survivorship Trajectory and Implications for Care

    Janet S. de Moor;Angela B. Mariotto;Carla Parry;Catherine M. Alfano

  • Survivors of Childhood Cancer in the United States: Prevalence and Burden of Morbidity

    Siobhan M. Phillips;Lynne S. Padgett;Wendy M. Leisenring;Kayla K. Stratton

  • Exercise is medicine in oncology: Engaging clinicians to help patients move through cancer.

    Kathryn H. Schmitz;Anna M. Campbell;Martijn M. Stuiver;Martijn M. Stuiver;Martijn M. Stuiver;Bernardine M. Pinto

  • Effect of Diet and Exercise, Alone or Combined, on Weight and Body Composition in Overweight-to-Obese Postmenopausal Women

    Karen E. Foster-Schubert;Catherine M. Alfano;Catherine R. Duggan;Liren Xiao

  • American society of clinical oncology position statement on obesity and cancer

    Jennifer A. Ligibel;Catherine M. Alfano;Kerry S. Courneya;Wendy Demark-Wahnefried

  • Cancer Survivors: A Booming Population

    Carla Parry;Erin E. Kent;Angela B. Mariotto;Catherine M. Alfano

  • Pain, depression, and fatigue: loneliness as a longitudinal risk factor.

    Lisa M. Jaremka;Rebecca R. Andridge;Christopher P. Fagundes;Catherine M. Alfano

  • Mental and Physical Health–Related Quality of Life among U.S. Cancer Survivors: Population Estimates from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey

    Kathryn E. Weaver;Laura P. Forsythe;Bryce B. Reeve;Catherine M. Alfano

  • Cardio-Oncology Rehabilitation to Manage Cardiovascular Outcomes in Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

    Susan C. Gilchrist;Ana Barac;Philip A. Ades;Catherine M. Alfano

  • Effects of a Caloric Restriction Weight Loss Diet and Exercise on Inflammatory Biomarkers in Overweight/Obese Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Ikuyo Imayama;Cornelia M. Ulrich;Catherine M. Alfano;Chiachi Wang

  • Beyond treatment - Psychosocial and behavioural issues in cancer survivorship research and practice

    Neil K. Aaronson;Vittorio Mattioli;Ollie Minton;Joachim Weis

  • Cardiovascular risk factors among long-term survivors of breast, prostate, colorectal, and gynecologic cancers: a gap in survivorship care?

    Kathryn E. Weaver;Randi E. Foraker;Catherine M. Alfano;Julia H. Rowland

  • Practical clinical interventions for diet, physical activity, and weight control in cancer survivors

    Wendy Demark-Wahnefried;Laura Q. Rogers;Catherine M. Alfano;Cynthia A. Thomson

  • Social support predicts inflammation, pain, and depressive symptoms: Longitudinal relationships among breast cancer survivors

    Spenser Hughes;Lisa M. Jaremka;Catherine M. Alfano;Ronald Glaser

  • Dietary weight loss and exercise interventions effects on quality of life in overweight/obese postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial

    Ikuyo Imayama;Catherine M. Alfano;Angela Kong;Karen E. Foster-Schubert

  • The complex health profile of long-term cancer survivors: prevalence and predictors of comorbid conditions

    Corinne R. Leach;Kathryn E. Weaver;Noreen M. Aziz;Catherine M. Alfano

  • Exercise-oncology research: past, present, and future.

    Lee W. Jones;Catherine M. Alfano

Frequent Co-Authors

Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser The Ohio State University
Rachel Ballard-Barbash
Rachel Ballard-Barbash National Institutes of Health
William E. Carson
William E. Carson The Ohio State University
Cornelia M. Ulrich
Cornelia M. Ulrich University of Utah
Marian L. Neuhouser
Marian L. Neuhouser Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Melinda L. Irwin
Melinda L. Irwin Yale University
Kathryn H. Schmitz
Kathryn H. Schmitz Pennsylvania State University
William B. Malarkey
William B. Malarkey The Ohio State University
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried University of Alabama at Birmingham

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