The exercise program reduces the common recurrence of cancer and increases survival

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

In research, a total of 889 patients with colon cancer who had undergone surgery and had also received chemotherapy were divided into two groups.

A group registered in a structured group exercise program for a period of three years and a second group received educational health materials, according to a press release from the study.

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Directed by coaches, the exercise group was allowed to choose their own type of moderate intensity exercise, such as walking or pickletball. The general objective was to add 2 ½ hours of activity per week.

In the eight -year brand, participants in the exercise group had 28% less likely to have a recurrence of colon cancer or the appearance of new cancers, and had a 37% higher general survival rate.

“Our findings show that exercise is no longer just a quality of life for cancer patients that can be offered when and when possible,” said the study co -chair, Dr. Kerry Couney, a professor of Kinesiology at the President of Research at the University of Alberta and Canada in physical activity and cancer, in the statement.

“It is a treatment for colon cancer that should be available for all patients.”

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One of the patients in the study, Terri Swain-Colins, was diagnosed with colon cancer in stadium 3 in 2021.

After surgery and chemotherapy, he enrolled in the clinical trial and was assigned to the exercise group. Swain-collins worked closely with a physiotherapist to create a physical conditioning regime that worked for her.

“It is a treatment for colon cancer that should be available for all patients.”

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

“Simply that a doctor tells me to exercise would not have been enough to take me where I am today; someone walking by my side, guide me and regularly records what really made it possible.”

Three years later, Swain-Colins still walks regularly and has no cancer.

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

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“The next step is to put this into practice,” said study co -chair, Dr. Chris Booth, a medical oncologist at Kingston Health Sciences Center and a professor of oncology at Queen’s University, in the statement.

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

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The implementation of the exercise as an anti -cancer tool could be “remarkably profitable compared to many medicines for cancer,” Booth said.

However, the study discovered that patients in the exercise group were more likely to develop strains or muscle injuries (18.5%) than non -exercising (11.5%).

The findings were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and were also presented at the Annual Asco Meeting (American Society of Clinical Oncology) in Chicago on Sunday.

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

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