Keeping Fit May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

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cp418
cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
edited June 2014 in Clinical Trials, Research News, Podcasts, and Study Results

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/247008.php

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  • jenrio
    jenrio Member Posts: 558
    edited June 2012

    Whopping 30% reduction for 10 hour/week.    Mainly cut the ER+ type of BC.  Mostly apply to post-menopausal.  I'm curious whether this much exercise may actually increase TNBC in premenopausal women.  

    Let me drive home the point again: BC has no cure unless there's a cure for MBC.  

       

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  • curveball
    curveball Member Posts: 3,040
    edited June 2012

    The benefit of exercise was negated by weight gain. This makes me wonder whether the exercise benefit and the non-obese benefit are one and the same. Is there any demonstrated advantage to taking up an exercise program if you are already at and maintaining a healthy weight without it? Has it ever been tested whether there is a benefit to exercise in women who are sedentary but not overweight?

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  • mdg
    mdg Member Posts: 3,571
    edited June 2012

    Well exercise didn't prevent me from getting BC.  I have been a fitness instructor for over 25 years and still got BC.  I still exercise 5-6 days a week....

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  • mdg
    mdg Member Posts: 3,571
    edited June 2012

    Well exercise didn't prevent me from getting BC.  I have been a fitness instructor for over 25 years and still got BC.  I still exercise 5-6 days a week....

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  • mammalou
    mammalou Member Posts: 823
    edited June 2012

    Sometimes it feels like a slap in the face to be tod that all we had to do to reduce our risk was to exercise more. 30% reductionis a lot and yet they claim to have no clue what causes breast cancer. Something seems off here.

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  • dlb823
    dlb823 Member Posts: 9,430
    edited June 2012

    "In an editorial that appeared in the British Medical Journal, epidemiologists David Batty and Inger Thune support the notion that exercise has a role in cancer prevention. They noted that exercise's positive impact on heart and lung capacity, energy levels, hormone levels, antioxidant defense and even DNA repair all work toward cancer prevention."

    Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/27317-exercise-prevent-cancer/#ixzz1yruNsdrO

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