Is Exercise the Best Way to Keep Breast Cancer from Returning?
Cancer—one of those topics that hits home for just about every one of us. If you have never had a family member or friend battle cancer, I urge you to go play the lottery. While breast cancer specifically is more prevalent in women, men can get this form of cancer. The American Cancer Society has made some estimates for American’s in 2017, and the numbers are pretty scary.
They predict that 252,710 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017. Around 40,610 of them will die from this disease—that’s 16%. While screenings have helped many women, this form of cancer is still one of the leading causes of death for American women. In fact, it comes in second to lung cancer. On a brighter note, many women do not go down without a fight. Women are more proactive than ever with their screenings and self-checking at home. Because of the heightened awareness these days, medical technologies, and a woman’s will to fight to live and beat cancer, there are more than 3.1 million breast cancers survivors in America.
Exercise helps keep breast cancer at bay
It goes without saying how important exercise is for our overall health. So, what would make us think that if we wanted to give cancer the one-two punch that exercise wouldn’t be part of the strategy?
Researchers looked at a total of 67 published studies that looked at a variety of factors that led to women staying cancer free after winning their battle the first time. These factors ranged from if they were smoking after beating cancer, how often they exercise and their overall physical activity levels, their diet and what they were eating on a regular basis, and their weight during the period.
One researcher from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center in Toronto has mentioned, “Of all lifestyle factors, physical activity has the most robust effect on breast cancer outcomes. Weight gain of more than 10% body weight after a breast cancer diagnosis increases breast cancer mortality and all-cause mortality. However, there are good reasons to discourage even moderate weight gain because of its negative effects on mood and body image.”
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