How Exercise Might Reduce Prostate Cancer Progression

“A new study suggests that vigorous physical activity will offer protection against prostate cancer progression because of its effects on DNA repair and cell-cycle pathways. The finding might help explain previous observations that men who exercise vigorously have a reduced risk for all-cause mortality and prostate-cancer-specific mortality”.

“Men who reported that they undertook vigorous physical activity for 3 hours per week or more were found to have a 49% lower risk for all-cause mortality and a 61% lower risk for prostate-cancer-specific mortality than those who exercised for less than 1 hour per week. The vigorous physical exercise consisted of jogging, cycling, tennis, or swimming. Men who reported this type of exercise for more than 3 hours per week before and after their diagnosis of prostate cancer had the lowest risk for all-cause and prostate-cancer-specific mortality”.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/757935

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