Improving Exercise Capacity With a Tailored Physical Activity Intervention in Lymphoma and Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment
The purpose of this research is to test whether participating in either a physical activity intervention or a series of educational classes will help to preserve exercise capability, heart function, brain-based activities (like memory), and quality of life. Participants will be randomized to 1 of 2 pathways: * First pathway consists of organized health workshops. These workshops are intended to provide information on topics such as proper nutrition, management of stress, sleep practices, and emphasis on a healthy lifestyle that may help the participants through cancer treatment. This pathway will also test whether stretching may help participants through cancer treatment. * Second pathway participants will take part in some unsupervised and some potentially supervised moderate activity sessions each week throughout participants' cancer treatment to take place either remotely or in person, depending on availability of facilities at the time visits are scheduled.
⁃ To be considered eligible, participants must meet all of the following criteria:
• Individuals aged 18- 85 years
• Diagnosed with stage I-IV Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or stage I-III breast cancer
• Expected to receive an anthracycline based chemotherapeutic regimen or other potentially cardiotoxic cancer therapies (e.g. chemotherapy regimens \[anthracyclines, trastuzumab, rituximab\]), immuno-therapies (immune checkpoint inhibitors \[ICI's\]) or radiation (within 8 weeks of completion of radiation).29-31
• Ability to speak and understand English
• Capacity to walk at least 2 city blocks (\
⁃ .2 miles) on a flat surface
• Expected survival beyond 6 months.
• Must have an assistant that will help perform the home-based testing activities