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Yes guys … exercise is good for men on ADT!
It has long been understood that taking regular exercise can be helpful in management of risk for fatigue among men being treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer — whatever...
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An update to the PrEvENT trial in England
The Prostate Cancer: Evidence of Exercise and Nutrition Trial (PrEvENT) has been ongoing in England since August 2014 and is an important and serious exploration of how diet and exercise may affect the...
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Physical activity and cancer recurrence: a detailed review
Readers with a strong interest in the relationships between exercise and risk for cancer recurrence may want to download and read the full text of a recent article by Friedenreich et al. The authors...
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Muscle mass and fatigue in men with advanced prostate cancer
A newly published study from a Dutch research group has suggested that higher muscle mass is associated with less risk for fatigue in men with advanced prostate cancer. We have long known that...
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Physical activity and prostate cancer-specific survival times
Yet another study has confirmed the benefits of regular exercise in the prevention or delay of prostate cancer-specific mortality among men with non-metastatic prostate cancer. The new study by Wang et...
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A Phase III clinical trial of high-intensity exercise in the management of...
According to a news release just issued by Queen’s University, Belfast, a group of 150 researchers around the world is coming together to expand enrollment and access to the Australian INTERVAL trial...
View ArticleRadiation-induced fatigue and prostate cancer management
One of the annoyances associated with radiation treatments given over a long duration (for prostate cancer and for other reasons) is a growing feeling of fatigue. Radiation-induced fatigue reaches a...
View ArticleExercise alone: no evidence that this can lower prostate cancer risk
It should come as no great surprise to anyone that one’s level of physical activity is not necessarily linked, on its own, to one’s risk for diagnosis with prostate cancer. A newly published study by...
View ArticleLet’s prove the obvious all over again
Once again your sitemaster finds himself flabbergasted at just how often we need to repeat similar experiments to prove the obvious. A newly published article in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine is...
View ArticleExercise, diet, cancer care, and quality of life
Early in May this year, the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) issued a formal statement about the importance of exercise in the management of all types of cancer. As far as your sitemaster...
View ArticleBut can exercise lower risk for prostate cancer diagnosis or progression?
In an incidentally timely manner, the May issue of Annals of Oncology carries a systematic review and meta-analysis of data on physical activity and risk for prostate cancer. This article by Benke et...
View ArticleVigorous exercise and prostate cancer risk
A new study just published in European Urology appears to have confirmed a connection between regular, vigorous exercise (in men of 45 to 75 years of age) and a reduced risk for aggressive (i.e.,...
View ArticleLifestyle, diet, exercise, and cancer
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) has recently issued a new “booklet” (it’s about 90 pages in length) entitled, The Science of Living Well, Beyond Cancer. We should be clear that this booklet is not...
View ArticleHow to “live well” with prostate cancer
There’s no simple way to prevent the onset of prostate cancer or to prevent its progression over time (e.g., based on diet or taking supplements or exercising like a maniac). However, … There is a new...
View ArticleCancer patient survey on diet, exercise, and weight management
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has put together a brief research survey to learn more about patients’ experiences with cancer care. Specifically, ASCO is interested in patient’s...
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