Walking more every day might help lower the chance of dying from heart disease in women who’ve gone through menopause and survived cancer.

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Accelerometer-measured physical activity, sedentary behavior, and mortality among cancer survivors: the Women’s Health Accelerometry Collaboration

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2025 Apr 30

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Accelerometer-measured physical activity, sedentary behavior, and mortality among cancer survivors: the Women’s Health Accelerometry Collaboration

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DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkaf034

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