Can I exercise during prostate cancer?

Can you exercise during prostate cancer? Scholars from the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found that moderate physical activity reduces the mortality rate of prostate cancer patients who have not yet spread. The results of this study will encourage medical experts to further confirm the correlation in larger clinical trials.

The researchers selected 4,623 Swedes who were diagnosed with localized prostate cancer between 1997 and 2002. The researchers followed them for 10 years and completed a detailed questionnaire survey on their exercise level and overall health. During this period, 561 men died during the study, including 194 from prostate cancer. The analysis results showed that if men do 20 minutes or more of walking, cycling and other exercises every day, their risk of death from any cause will be reduced by 30%, and the risk of death from prostate cancer will be reduced by 39%. And regardless of what type of treatment the male patients received, the above research results remained consistent.

This result shows that regular physical activity has many benefits and may be helpful for localized prostate cancer. The researchers said that this may be related to hormones, fat tissue or inflammation, and further research will be carried out to determine its exact mechanism.