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Trial to investigate link between weight, fitness and cancer recurrence
[Guardian] Scientists to test hypothesis that a weight loss programme for breast cancer patients after medical treatment lowers risk of disease returning.A large trial is being launched this summer to establish whether diet and exercise regimes should be prescribed by doctors for women who have had breast cancer in the same way that they prescribe drugs, to prevent the disease returning and potentially save lives. Women who are overweight or obese have a higher risk of breast cancer. But accumulating evidence suggests that becoming fitter and losing some pounds after a diagnosis could cut the chances of a recurrence and even lower the risk of death. A number of small studies looking at the benefits of exercise and weight loss on cancer by researchers at Yale University in the US are being presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting (ASCO) in Chicago. Prof Melinda Irwin, associate director at Yale Cancer Center and professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, said: "We found a strong connection between exercise after diagnosis and mortality afterwards. "Most interestingly, it showed the impact on changes in activity on mortality ‐ even if you’ve never been active before taking regular exercise seemed to show a great impact." Posted by: Besoeker 2016-06-06 |
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