Exercise may help chemotherapy side effects

Dr. Kristin Campbell, lead researcher of the exercise study and an assistant professor of physical therapy at the University of British Columbia, and colleagues recruited women treated for early-stage breast cancer in advance of a pilot study, presented in early June at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago. At the end of the study, women in both the control and exercise groups showed little difference in their neuropsychological test results and self-reported cognitive functioning. However, the brain-imaging tests showed significantly increased activity in the exercise group in brain regions known to support task performance, attention and decision-making, Campbell said. Read more here.