Exercise before surgery may help shrink tumours faster


Prehab can be used to boost strength, stability, balance and mobility in preparation for surgery or other medical intervention. — Filepic

Prehab exercise may boost the impact of chemotherapy given to patients with cancer of the food pipe (oesophagus) to shrink their tumour(s) before surgery, reveals the first study of its kind, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Tumour shrinkage was greater in the exercisers than in those who didn’t exercise, the comparative trial data shows.

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Prehabilitation , Surgery , Oesophagus , Cancer

   

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