Physical activity helps patients with cancer too
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Jo Foster
- Source
- BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 347
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Alternative medicine
Physical activity
food and beverages
Cancer
General Medicine
Motor Activity
medicine.disease
Coronary heart disease
Neoplasms
medicine
Physical therapy
Humans
Intensive care medicine
business
Exercise
After treatment
- Language
- ISSN
- 1756-1833
Macmillan Cancer Support welcomes new evidence to suggest that physical activity can be as effective as many drugs for patients with existing long term conditions, such as coronary heart disease and stroke.1 Physical activity is also a vital component in the recovery process for people with cancer. Being active during and after treatment can help people living with cancer …