Apr 17 2008
Exercise will not hammer tumour: Research
Apr 17: A US based research conducted on mice has found that the growth of tumours gets increased to two fold when it is subjected to exercise. On the backdrop of the research there were concerns raised against the benefits of exercise in prostate patients. Increased blood flow to the tumour is considered as the main reason for that, but the researchers also encouraged the patients to do exercise to stay active as inactive lifestyle will raise the risk of other diseases.
According to Dr Lee Jones, researcher at Duke University, “The study came to the findings that exercise will lead to speeder tumour growth than those leading inactive lifestyle. On the other hand exercise is an effective way to improve treatment as it allows easy supply of drugs to prostate tumours that usually have low blood supply. The findings of the study will help to improve the prostrate cancer treatments more effectively than before.”
As part of the research the research team implanted 50 human prostate tumours into mice and placed half of them in cages to deny them exercise, while some of them were allowed to run half a mile a day. By analysing the growth of the tumours the researchers came to this conclusion.
While commenting on this a Duke researcher, Dr Stephen Freedland said: “Basically the situation is completely different in human prostate cancer. So the result should be interpreted carefully. For the sake of experiment mice were injected with aggressive tumours that develop uncontrollably but patients will not have same kind of situation.”
He further added that: “Exercise helps to reduce the risk of several chronic ailments like cardiovascular problems, diabetes and obesity. So it can also be effectively used for improving the health of prostate cancer patients.”
In a nutshell exercise will do no harm to the health and it will help you stay active.
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