# University of Alberta

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## TL;DR

Edmonton university whose exercise oncology group under Kerry Courneya led the CHALLENGE trial, the first to show that a structured exercise programme lengthens survival after colon cancer.

## Summary

The University of Alberta is a public research university in Edmonton. Its Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation houses one of the world's leading exercise oncology groups, led by Kerry Courneya, who was first author of the 2025 New England Journal of Medicine report of the CHALLENGE trial, in which a three-year structured exercise programme improved disease-free and overall survival after adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer. Clinical cancer care in Edmonton is provided by the Cross Cancer Institute of Cancer Care Alberta.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-18
- Also known as: UAlberta; Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
- City: Edmonton, AB, CA
- Type: university
- Website: https://www.ualberta.ca

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alberta
- University of Alberta: https://www.ualberta.ca

## Connected records

- cancers: [Colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/)
- institutions: [Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG)](https://onco.cc/institutions/cctg/), [Cancer Care Alberta (Alberta Health Services)](https://onco.cc/institutions/cancer-care-alberta/)
- people: [Kerry S. Courneya](https://onco.cc/people/kerry-courneya/)

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