Dr. Jennifer A. Ligibel on Diet and Exercise Interventions for Reducing Breast Cancer Recurrences

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Cancer Network spoke with Dr. Jennifer A. Ligibel on the diet and exercise interventions to reduce breast cancer recurrences.

Cancer Network spoke with Jennifer A. Ligibel, MD, chair at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, on the diet and exercise interventions to reduce breast cancer recurrences.

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