Exercise medicine in men with prostate cancer: Breaking barriers to increase participation

Document Type

Editorial

Publication Title

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Publisher

Springer Nature

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences / Exercise Medicine Research Institute

RAS ID

44761

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Galvão, D. A., & Chambers, S. K. (2021). Exercise medicine in men with prostate cancer: Breaking barriers to increase participation [Editorial]. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 24, 942-943. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-021-00406-4

Abstract

Exercise intervention studies in men with prostate cancer have shown well documented improvements in objective and self-reported outcomes [1] with higher levels of physical activity also associated with reduced prostate cancer specific and overall mortality [2]. Recently, exercise has been proposed as a medicine in the setting of oncology with initial recommendations presented to guide clinicians in directing and referring patients to undertake exercise programs during/following treatments [3]

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10.1038/s41391-021-00406-4

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