The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recently released updated guidelines emphasizing the importance of physical activity and regular exercise in cancer prevention and survivorship. Dr. Kathryn Schmitz, co-chair of the expert panel that created these guidelines states that conclusive evidence has been foundling linking exercise and longer survival for breast colon, and prostate cancer patients. While it is not possible to applying this evidence to all cancer types yet, Dr. Schmitz is adamant that "there are enough benefits of physical activity, in general, that we recommend that survivors of all cancers follow the general public health recommendations for physical activity: 1.5-5 hours/week of moderate-intensity activity, or 1.25-2.5 hours/week of vigorous activity."
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Source mentioned: Campbell KL, Winters-Stone KM, Wiskemann J, May AM, Schwartz AL, Courneya KS, Zucker DS, Matthews CE, Ligibel JA, Gerber LH, Morris GS, Patel AV, Hue TF, Perna FM, Schmitz KH. Exercise guidelines for cancer survivors: consensus statement from international multidisciplinary rounds. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2019 Nov; 51(11) 2375-2390.
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