Publications

Dong-Woo Kang, PhD, CEP

Principal Investigator

Dr. Dong-Woo Kang is a clinical exercise physiologist and Assistant Professor in the Public Health Sciences Division at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, with an affiliate appointment in the University of Washington Department of Epidemiology. His research focuses on exercise oncology and translating evidence-based physical activity interventions into cancer care and survivorship.

2026

Chronic exercise training intensity, immune cells, and cancer outcomes: a scoping review.

Kang DW, Courneya KS, Swartz MC, Maleki Vareki S, Gordon NB, Cesar Rosa Neto J, Simpson RJ, Baker KS, Schadler KL, LaVoy EC.

JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2026 Mar 3;10(2). doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkag021. PubMed PMID: 41795834; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC13033349.

2025

Exercise to enhance cardiovascular health among black men with prostate cancer with androgen deprivation therapy (the POWER trial): A study protocol.

Kang DW, Ficarra S, Wilson RL, Morgans AK, Nguyen PL, Rebbeck TR, Einstein DJ, Uno H, Mossanen M, Hill DM, Gonzalo-Encabo P, Norris MK, Gardiner J, Tjogas D, Greer J, Dieli-Conwright CM.

Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Aug;155:107973. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2025.107973. Epub 2025 May 30. PubMed PMID: 40451460.

Exercise medicine for individuals diagnosed with Lung Cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of health outcomes.

Ficarra S, Kang DW, Wilson RL, Gonzalo-Encabo P, Christopher CN, Normann AJ, Lopez P, Lakićević N, Dieli-Conwright CM.

Lung Cancer. 2025 Mar;201:108413. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2025.108413. Epub 2025 Feb 5. PubMed PMID: 39983446.

2024

Testing home-based exercise strategies in underserved minority cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy (THRIVE) trial: a study protocol.

Yan H, Gonzalo-Encabo P, Wilson RL, Christopher CN, Cannon JD, Kang DW, Gardiner J, Perez M, Norris MK, Gundersen D, Hayman LL, Freedman RA, Rebbeck TR, Shi L, Dieli-Conwright CM.

Front Oncol. 2024;14:1427046. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1427046. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 39351353; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11439870.

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