Exercise ‘better than drugs’ to stop cancer returning after treatment, trial finds

First clear evidence that structured exercise regime reduces risk of dying by a third, can stop tumours coming back or a new cancer developing - Andrew Gregory

Exercise can reduce the risk of cancer patients

• dying by a third, 
• stop tumours coming back 
• and is even more effective than drugs, 

according to the results of a landmark trial that could transform health guidelines worldwide...
Now a world-first trial involving patients from the US, UK, Australia, France, Canada and Israel has found that a structured exercise regime after treatment can dramatically reduce the risk of dying, the disease returning or a new cancer developing...

• For the first time in medical history, there was clear evidence that exercise was even better at preventing cancer recurrence and death than many of the drugs currently prescribed to patients, one of the world’s top cancer doctors said...