Prostate Cancer
Exercise May Lower Risk of Death for Men with Prostate Cancer
Published in Cancer Weekly, January 18th, 2011
2011 JAN 18 -- Boston, MA - A new study of men with prostate cancer finds that physical activity is associated with a lower risk of overall mortality and of death due to prostate cancer. The Harvard School of Public Health and University of California, San Francisco researchers also found that men who did more vigorous activity had the lowest risk of dying from the disease. It is the first study in men with prostate cancer to evaluate physical activity after diagnosis in relation to prostate cancer-specific mortality and overall mortality.
The study appears in an advance online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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