Exercise boosts cancer survival rate
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Mon, 05/17/2004 - 2:44pm
According to a research reported in a Kansas City Star article, exercise has a big effect on cancer patients:
Staying active has long been thought to lower the risk of getting cancer, but a new report says it may also be an important prescription for recovery.
The study, released Monday, found that women who exercised after breast cancer reduced their chance of dying from the disease by one-quarter to one-half, depending on how active they were. . . .
Most of the women walked for exercise. Those who put in one to three hours a week at a leisurely 3 mph lowered their risk of dying from breast cancer by one-quarter, compared with the most sedentary women. Those who walked between three and eight hours a week cut their risk in half.
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