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Is exercise safe during systemic treatment for cancer?

Miriam Davis   |   Clinical Summary   |   18 April 2023
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Background

  • Many cancer treatment guidelines recommend exercise for patients undergoing chemotherapy and other systemic treatment for cancer.
  • Concerns have emerged that exercise may be harmful, including unexpected adverse events, that led to a trial for testicular cancer being prematurely terminated.

Takeaway

  • The evidence of harms from exercise during systemic treatment...

          

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