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Exercise is Medicine in Oncology: Engaging Clinicians to Help Patients Move Through Cancer

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Source URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/caac.21579

Author(s)

Kathryn H. Schmitz, Anna M. Campbell, Martijn M. Stuiver, Bernardine M. Pinto, Anna L. Schwartz, G. Stephen Morris, Jennifer A. Ligibel, Andrea Cheville, Daniel A. Galvão, Catherine M. Alfano, Alpa V. Patel, Trisha Hue, Lynn H. Gerber, Robert Sallis, Niraj J. Gusani, Nicole L. Stout, Leighton Chan, Fiona Flowers, Colleen Doyle, Susan Helmrich, William Bain, Jonas Sokolof, Kerri M. Winters‐Stone, Kristin L. Campbell, Charles E. Matthews

A coalition of international organizations dealing with cancer and sports medicine have updated recommendations, stating that exercise may help prevent cancer and can improve survival in patients with cancer. Methods of implementation are discussed.