Hospital Research Teams

Exercise Oncology Program

Overview

Jessica Scott

PhD; Director, Exercise Oncology Program and Associate Attending

Anthony Yu

Principal Investigator

Research

Our research program investigates precision lifestyle interventions across the cancer care continuum. We focus on characterizing therapy-related side effects and identifying modifiable factors that impact patient outcomes. By leveraging digital health tools and remotely-delivered supervised exercise training within clinical trials, we also focus on reducing treatment-related toxicities, improving cancer-specific outcomes, and enhancing patient-reported outcomes. Our goal is to advance the implementation of personalized risk assessment and targeted lifestyle interventions to effectively prevent and manage toxicities following a cancer diagnosis.

Ongoing clinical trials

MSK exercise oncology expert Jessica Scott

Featured News

Does Exercise Improve Survival After a Cancer Diagnosis? An Encouraging New Study

Learn how exercise can help many people live longer after they are diagnosed with cancer, according to a new study from MSK's Exercise-Oncology Service.

Publications

Novo RT, Thomas SM, Khouri MG, Alenezi F, Herndon 2nd JE, Michalski M, Collins K, Nilsen T, Edvardsen E, Jones LW, Scott JM. Machine Learning-Driven Phenogrouping and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Response in Metastatic Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol, 2024. PMID: 39270146. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39270146/

Lavery JA, Boutros PC, Tammela T, Moskowitz CS, Jones LW. Association of exercise with pan-cancer incidence and overall survival. Cancer Cell, 2024. PMID: 38181796. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38181796/

Lavery JA, Boutros PC, Tammela T, Moskowitz CS, Jones LW. A pan-cancer analysis of post-diagnosis exercise and mortality. J Clin Oncol, 2023. PMID. 37651670. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37651670/

Scott JM, Lee J, Herndon JE, Michalski MG,Lee CP, O’Brien KA, Sasso JP, Yu AF, Rowed KA, Bromberg JF, Traina TA, Gucalp A, Sanford RA, Gajria D, Modi S, Comen EA, D’Andrea G, Blinder VS, Eves ND, Peppercorn JM, Moskowitz CS, Dang CT, Jones LW. Timing of exercise therapy in patients initiating adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: A randomized trial. Eur Heart J, 2023. PMID: 36806405. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36806405/

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