How to exercise for prostate cancer

Researchers from Kansas State University in the United States have found that regular brisk walking and jogging may have an important impact on improving the treatment effect of cancer patients, and moderate exercise can also help cancer patients fight the side effects of cancer treatment, such as low blood cell counts, fatigue, malaise, and loss of muscle mass. So how should prostate cancer patients exercise?

The researchers pointed out that if the therapeutic efficiency of radiotherapy can be increased, the patient's prognosis will be improved. Compared with other methods of improving treatment efficiency, intervention through exercise has a better effect. Exercise can improve the function of multiple systems of the body and can continuously change the microenvironment of tumor survival, thereby achieving the purpose of promoting the effect of cancer treatment.
In this study, the researchers used a prostate cancer model to try to find ways to enhance oxygen delivery to tumors.
When tumors are in a state of low oxygen, they are usually invasive, and tumors in a state of low oxygen are prone to resistance to traditional cancer treatments such as radiotherapy. Therefore, oxygen is a "radiosensitizer" that can help destroy cancer cells.
Researchers have found that enhancing oxygen delivery to tumor tissue through exercise is a good method, but the key is moderate exercise. Too little exercise will have no effect, while too much exercise may prevent blood from flowing to tumor tissue and may damage the immune system.