The Jones Laboratory for Exercise-Oncology Research is located at Duke University Medical Center in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Duke Cancer Institute.

OVERARCHING GOAL

To reduce morbidity and mortality in cancer survivors by determining the efficacy of exercise training on secondary prevention of cancer and competing (non-cancer) causes of mortality, primarily cardiovascular disease.

SPECIFIC AIMS

• Characterization of global cardiovascular therapy late-effects and efficacy of exercise to prevent / attenuate injury


• Efficacy of exercise on tumor progression and elucidation of mechanisms of action