At the fourth session of PHEN’s 20th Annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit, Christina M. Dieli-Conwright, PhD, MPH, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, presented on the numerous benefits prostate cancer patients can gain from regular exercise.
Dr. Dieli-Conwright discussed a research study that found pre-surgical exercise is beneficial for cancer patients. For instance, exercise was discovered to decrease the number of hospital stays and post-surgical complications that patients faced (Five fewer days spent in the hospital and 55% lower rates of complications).
Describing another clinical trial, Dr. Dieli-Conwright said, “Exercising during treatment greatly benefits muscle mass. Exercise during therapy can increase muscle mass and muscle strength.”
The study found that patients gained 26 kilograms of strength on average, which is equivalent to more than 50 pounds. Furthermore, this presentation states that resistance exercise is linked with a 33% lower risk of all-cause mortality.
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