Exercise Reduces Breast Cancer Death Risk

According to a recent report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, women who are active after being diagnosed with breast cancer have a better chance of surviving the disease. The paper also concluded that this applies to women who only commence exercise after they have been diagnosed.

Dozens of studies over the past two decades have shown that exercising can reduce breast cancer risk by up to 40 percent, while more recent research has found that physical activity has equal or even greater benefits for survival among women with the disease.

The study concluded that women who took regular exercise two to three hours weekly before they were diagnosed were 31% less likely to die from the cancer. Also, women who took up exercise only after being diagnosed had a 64% lower risk of dying compared to those who didn't exercise at all. In fact, those women who reduced the amount of activity were found to be four times more at risk of death.