According to a pioneering study conducted with the participation of hundreds of patients in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada and Australia, regular exercise after treatment may be more effective in preventing the return of cancer.
The American Clinical Oncology Association (ASCO) in Chicago, presented at the Journal of Medicine magazine in the New England Journal of Medicine, reportedly reduced the risk of death by 37 percent, 28 percent of the new or recurrent tumor risk.
According to the study conducted on colon cancer patients for 14 years, the survival rates of the patients participating in a personalized exercise program after treatment increased significantly. Within the scope of the program, patients were directed to 45-60 minutes of walking or similar physical activities with a personal coach or health coach. Dr. ASCO Medical Director Julie Gralow, about the study, “These results show that it offers a much more effective and side -ineffective alternative than many medicines. Exercise, literally better than the drug,” he said.
In the study, 889 colon cancer patients were divided into two groups: one received a brochure containing only healthy life information, while the other group was included in an exercise program for three years. At the end of five years, the exercise group’s risk of recurrent or new cancer development was 28 percent lower. Eight years later, the risk of death was 37 percent less.
Although the research is directly focused on colon cancer, experts point out that similar benefits may be valid for other types of cancer. Dr. Yale University. Pamela Kunz said, “It is inevitable to spread an intervention with an impact on this level,” Pamela Kunz said.
British National Health Service (NHS) Medical Director Stephen Powis shows that “These groundbreaking findings show that personal exercise plans after surgery and treatment may be life -saving, but exercise may not be suitable for each patient, a doctor should be consulted,” he said.
