Cancer is a multi-complex condition that affects many people spreading across many populations. The disease has been, and still is, widely studied, yet, much has yet to be uncovered regarding the condition. In this podcast, led by Mohamed, we aim to explore recent literature surrounding the role of exercise in cancer patients and how exercise may or may not be beneficial in treating symptoms associated with different types of cancer.

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Djurhuus, S. S., Schauer, T., Simonsen, C., Toft, B. G., Jensen, A. R. D., Erler, J. T., Røder, M. A., Hojman, P., Brasso, K., & Christensen, J. F. (2022). Effects of acute exercise training on tumor outcomes in men with localized prostate cancer: A randomized controlled trial. Physiological Reports, 10(19), e15408. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.15408

Parker, N. H., Gorzelitz, J., Ngo-Huang, A., Caan, B. J., Prakash, L., Garg, N., Petzel, M. Q. B., Schadler, K., Basen-Engquist, K., & Katz, M. H. G. (2021). The role of home-based exercise in maintaining skeletal muscle during preoperative pancreatic cancer treatment. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 20, 1534735420986615. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534735420986615

Delfinis, L. J., Bellissimo, C. A., Gandhi, S., DiBenedetto, S. N., Garibotti, M. C., Thuhan, A. K., Tsitkanou, S., Rosa-Caldwell, M. E., Rahman, F. A., Cheng, A. J., Wiggs, M. P., Schlattner, U., Quadrilatero, J., Greene, N. P., & Perry, C. G. (2022). Muscle weakness precedes atrophy during cancer cachexia and is linked to muscle-specific mitochondrial stress. JCI Insight, 7(24), e155147. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.1...

Grote, S., Ricci, J. M., Dehom, S., Modeste, N., Sealy, D. A., & Tarleton, H. P. (2020). Heart rate variability and cardiovascular adaptations among cancer-survivors following a 26-week exercise intervention. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 19, 1534735420969816. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534735420969816

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