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AU researcher to launch major breast cancer patient study

Dr. Jeff Vallance, assistant professor in the Centre for Nursing and Health Studies at Athabasca University, has been awarded a $187,963 grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to conduct a three year study to examine strategies designed to facilitate physical activity behavior in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. The study, which is anticipated to begin in September, 2009, will involve 290 breast cancer patients in southern and rural Alberta.

Read the entire story in AU's News and Events: http://www2.athabascau.ca/aboutau/news/news_item.php?id=438

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