Benefits and Rationale for Exercise During Cancer Therapy (original) (raw)

Exercise, Energy Balance, and Cancer, 2012

Abstract

In comparison with other areas of clinical medicine, exercise therapy has received comparably less attention in persons following a diagnosis of cancer. The precise reasons for this are unknown but likely stem from the prevailing dogma that a cancer diagnosis is associated with poor survival, a compromised immune system, that may be more compromised by exercise training, and other debilitating side-effects that preclude participation in and benefit from exercise training as reported by Jones and Peppercorn (Lancet Oncol 11(5):408–410, 2010). Nevertheless, the past two decades have witnessed a dramatic change in attitude with a significant increase in research and clinical interest in the role of exercise therapy following a cancer diagnosis as reported by Jones and Peppercorn (Lancet Oncol 11(5):408–410, 2010). The increased interest in exercise has occurred in conjunction with the emergence of cancer survivorship and the growing importance of managing the late-effects of cancer therapy in persons who are now living much longer following a cancer diagnosis.

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