Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis and treatment at MSKCC of primary NSCLC; and/or pulmonary carcinoid;
- At least one year post thoracic surgical resection;
- Have no evidence of NSCLC or any other cancer at the time of study enrollment and not
receiving any cancer treatment;
- Currently sedentary or insufficiently active, defined by the American College of
Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as less
than a total of 150 minutes of at least moderate intensity PA per week;
- Able to complete a six-minute walk test (6MWT);
- Able to provide informed consent.
FOCUS GROUP ONLY:
• Completed the Physical Activity program offered through this study (08067);
Exclusion Criteria:
- Presence of one of the following medical factors at screening:
- regular use of an ambulatory aid (cane or walker);
- resting oxygen saturation less than 88%;
- inability to walk due to severe arthritis or other musculoskeletal problems;
- a diagnosis of unstable angina in the previous 6 weeks;
- a heart attack, angioplasty or heart surgery in the previous 3 months;
- current heart rate <50 or >120 at rest; current uncontrolled hypertension;
- current significant valvular heart disease or decompensated congestive heart
failure and
- patient reported pain of any origin that would preclude participation in the
proposed PA intervention
- Evidence of significant medical cognitive or psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in
the investigator's judgment, to preclude participation in the intervention
- Self-reporting of greater than 60 minutes of vigorous activity per week or 150
minutes of moderate intensity PA per week.
- Patient resides at more than two hours travel distance from the Center
- Insufficient English fluency to complete evaluation tools.