Structured Exercise Programmes ‘Improve’ Cancer Survival

Structured exercise programmes ‘improve’ cancer survival

Structured exercise programmes for people with cancer can help them live longer and extend the amount of time that they live cancer-free, according to new research.

Cancer patients can cut risk of death by 23 per cent, study shows

The research also found you can reduce the risk of cancer returning by 17 per cent

The type of exercise that could help cancer patients live for longer

Exercise may have benefits that ‘extend beyond its traditional role in improving quality of life’, according to researchers

Structured exercise linked to longer cancer survival and time free of disease

Structured exercise may help people with cancer live longer and have more time free of disease, finds a synthesis of the available evidence, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.