Exercise is encouraged for cancer patients -- even if they are going through treatments. But a small new study from the Mayo Clinic suggests that some cancer patients still aren't prioritizing physical fitness, and their oncologists aren't talking to them about it.
"There was a real sense of 'What I do every day, that's my exercise,'" study researcher Dr. Andrea Cheville, M.D., of the Mayo Clinic, said in a statement. "Most were not aware that inactivity can contribute to weakening of the body and greater vulnerability to problems, including symptoms of cancer."
Cheville's study, published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, included 20 lung cancer patients who were asked about their exercise habits, cancer symptoms, reasons for exercising or not exercising, and what they were told about exercising from their doctors.
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