Exercise program reduces the recurrence of common cancer and increases survival

Exercising regularly in the three years after the treatment for common cancer could significantly improve survival rates, has revealed an international study.

In the research, a total of 889 colon cancer patients who had been subjected to surgery and also received chemotherapy were divided into two groups.

A group enrolled in a group of group exercises structured for a period of three years and a second group received educational health materials, according to a state press statement.

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Directed by the coaches, the exercises were allowed to choose their own type of moderate intensity exercise, such as walking or pickle. The general goal was to add 2 and a half hours of activity a week.

In the eight -year -old brand, participants in the exercises group were 28% less likely to have a recurrence of colon cancer or new cancers, and had a 37% overall survival rate.

“ Our findings show that exercise is no longer just a quality of life intervention for cancer patients that can be offered when and, whenever possible, ” said Dr. Kerry Courney, a kinesiology professor at Alberta and the President of Research in Physical Activity and Cancer, in the statement.

“It is a treatment for colon cancer that must be made available to all patients.”

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One of the patients in the study, Terri Swain-Collins, was diagnosed with colon cancer in phase 3 by 2021.

After submitting to surgery and chemo, he enrolled in the clinical trial and was assigned to the exercises group. Swain-Collins worked closely with a physiotherapist to create a fitness regime that worked for her.

“It is a treatment for colon cancer that must be made available to all patients.”

“One of the greatest advantages was to have a semi-structured routine that works for my lifestyle with someone to be responsible,” he said in the statement.

“It was simply told to exercise a doctor would not have been enough to bring -where I am today; having someone walking next to me, guiding -me and doing the entrance registration regularly was the one who really made it possible.”

Three years later, Swain-Collins continues to walk regularly and has no cancer.

This was the first study to directly examine the impact of structured exercise on cancer survival, according to researchers.

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“The next step is to put it into practice,” said Dr. Chris Booth, a medical oncologist at Kingston Health Sciences Center, and Oncology Professor at Queen’s University, in the statement.

“This means that health systems will have to invest in behavior support programs as part of standard care.”

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The implementation of exercise as a tool against cancer could be “notably profitable compared to many new cancer drugs,” said Booth.

The study found, however, that patients in the exercises group were more likely to develop muscle strains or injuries (18.5%) than those that are not producers (11.5%).

The findings were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and also presented at the ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) annual meeting in Chicago Sunday.

The study was funded by Canadian Cancer Society (CCS).

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