The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Patients who exercise during chemotherapy experienced: - Reduced fatigue and anxiety - Better sleep quality - Improved tolerance to chemotherapy and fewer dose reductions - Lower recurrence rates and better survival up to 8 years later
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Breast cancer patients who exercised during chemo had a lower risk of recurrence and death up to eight years later
But the benefits generally outweigh the risks as long as patients can personalize the dose and intensity with their oncologist.
And there are some groups now that are studying the effects of exercise on side-effects of chemotherapy and showing benefits of again, mitigating some of those side effects simply by an exercise regimen.
we think about it exercise having benefits across the Continuum of Cancer Care so from the time of diagnosis and for the balance of life so at the initial diagnosis helping you prepare for treatments once you start treatment help you get through those treatments and and uh and complete those treatments afterwards we're looking at recovery from those treatments
exercise is one of these few interventions potentially for patients that can help both with quality of life side effect symptoms and also improve disease free survival