Anticancer Fitness Articles & Research
Physical Activity and Cancer Factsheet from the National Cancer Institute
Interesting fact sheets about physical activity, cancer, and survivorship. Learn more here.
Physical activity and cancer risk
Physical activity may lower the risk of cancer by preventing obesity, reducing inflammation and hormone levels, and improving insulin resistance and immune system function.
Evidence that physical activity is associated with reduced cancer mortality
Ballard Barbash et.al., Journal of the National Cancer Institute, June 2012. Read the article here.
Exercise After Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Association with Survival
This study suggests that exercise after breast cancer diagnosis may improve overall and disease-free survival. Chen et.al, Cancer Prevention Research, September 2011. Read the full article here.
How Exercise May Aid Cancer Treatment
In a 2015 study involving mice, aerobic exercise slowed the growth of breast cancer tumors and made the cancer more sensitive to chemotherapy. Read more here.
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