Exercise Prolongs Life With Cancer

Exercise Prolongs Life With Cancer.
Exercise can cater older bosom cancer survivors with lasting benefits that keep their bones strong and help prevent fractures, a different study suggests. Breast cancer treatment is associated with the loss of bone density and incline body mass, along with increases in body fat. Exercise is one way to combat the side effects and long-term impacts of cancer treatment, according to the examination published Dec 9, 2013 in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship.

And "Exercise programs aimed at improving musculoskeletal fitness should be considered in the long-term care diagram for breast cancer survivors," study lead author Jessica Dobek, of the Oregon Health and Science University, said in a newsletter news release. "Though further work is needed, our results may stock a beginning knowledge about the type, volume and length of exercise training needed to preserve bone vigorousness among long-term cancer survivors at risk of fracture".

Researchers conducted follow-up assessments of 44 older mamma cancer survivors a year after they completed a year-long program of resistance and results training that helped build muscle strength and stopped bone loss. Some of the women continued to undertaking out after the program, although at a lower level, the study authors noted, while others stopped exercising.

The investigators considered the women's bone mineral density in the hip and spine, muscle and fat levels, and top upper and lower body strength. The results showed that bone mineral density could be maintained even after the women stopped their stately exercise training. However, muscle strength decreased more quickly than bone density gharelu. Therefore, these patients may want continued participation in a supervised exercise program in order to underpin muscle strength, the researchers noted.