Exercise And Breast Cancer
January 30, 2009
Beat breast cancer with exercise, say recent findings. Your chances of survival in case of breast cancer are higher if you have a healthy lifestyle and exercise regularly. Cancer recurrences can be possibly reduced without chemotherapy and the recent hormonal and drug treatments.
Regular physical activity reduces the level of hormones and hence may reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer.
The study
A study was conducted to track the survival among 1200 women with breast cancer between 1990 and 1992. At the time of the diagnosis, the women were between 20-54 years old with an average age of 42 years. They were asked to recall their physical activity level at the age of 13, 20 and a year before their diagnosis.
The results
The study showed that women with a higher level of physical activity were more likely to survive than those with lower levels of physical activity. Women who were overweight but had higher levels of physical activity were 30% more likely to survive than their overweight counterparts who had low levels of physical activity.
Physically active women were found to have a lower risk of developing breast cancer compared to those who lived a sedentary life. However, no such effect was seen in women who were not obese or overweight. Although, exercise did not seem to have any down side to it when it came to survival chances in breast cancer.
Future Studies
Paige Abrahamsom worked on this research when she was at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill before working for Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
She had this to say: The impact of specific types of fitness and exercise patterns on the survival chances can be assessed more thoroughly through more studies.
The effects of exercise and the type of exercise on age and at different periods during the lifespan also need to be studied in more detail.
The bottom-line
Although medical treatment cannot be waived in favour of physical activity, it does offer a ray of hope for breast cancer patients. It is often difficult for cancer patients to undergo any physical activity; however, they should try to make an effort if possible to exercise regularly to increase their survival chances.
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