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October 16, 2019

Expert Panel: Physical Activity Helps Prevent Cancer and May Help Cancer Survivors Live Longer

An expert panel on exercise and cancer found such strong evidence that physical activity can help some cancer survivors live longer that they created new exercise guidelines for cancer survivors. They also developed new programs to help ensure that healthcare and fitness professionals can use those guidelines to help make exercise a standard part of cancer treatment. The panel also found evidence that exercise can help prevent some cancers.

ACS Research, Anxiety and Distress, Depression, Exercise Physical Activity, Fatigue, Lymphedema, Prevention, Second Cancers, Sun Safety Tanning, Survivorship
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March 19, 2019

Breast Cancer Patients Make Recommendations to Address High Health Care Costs

Breast cancer patients, especially if they have lymphedema, face an especially high cost of health care according to authors of a paper published March 6, 2019 in Cancer, a peer-reviewed medical journal of the American Cancer Society.

Breast Cancer, Cancer Updates, Finances, Insurance, Lymphedema, Side Effects
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August 14, 2015

Study: Weight Lifting Helps Breast Cancer Survivors Stay Healthy

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have found that weight lifting can help breast cancer survivors keep the physical fitness they need to perform everyday activities and live independently.

Breast Cancer, Cancer Updates, Exercise Physical Activity, Lymphedema, Survivorship
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