"Surprising Weapon In War On Cancer" - Dr. Oz
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, get ready for a new Rx – it may surprise you: exercise. The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) brought together 20 health organizations to create a position stating that exercise is to be embedded as part of standard practice in cancer care and to be viewed as an adjunct therapy that helps counteract the adverse effects of cancer and its treatment. COSA recommends you aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise weekly, along with two to three sessions of resistance exercise, using stretchy bands of even your own body weight. From there, as you put treatment behind you, you may increase activity. Joshua Brody, MD, assistant professor of medicine, hematology, and medical oncology, and director of the Lymphoma Immunotherapy Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, told one lymphoma patient who was worried he couldn’t continue doing the century bike rides he loves: “Don’t do 100 percent of what you used to do. Do 110 percent!”
- Joshua Brody, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Director, Lymphoma Immunotherapy Program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai