A new prescription for cancer: Exercise

Updated guidance concludes activity tailored to the individual can reduce side effects, improve quality of life

By Joe Rojas-Burke October 16, 2019 Portland, Oregon

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Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D., is co-director of the Community Partnership Program. (OHSU)

Brian Fawkes, trial participant, (left) is guided by trainer Kimi Daniel during a class in July 2019 at OHSU. The class is part of a NIH-funded clinical trial testing two types of exercise--tai chi versus strength training--as a means to prevent falls and injuries in men who've received anti-androgen therapy for prostate cancer. (OHSU/Joe Rojas-Burke)

(OHSU/Joe Rojas-Burke)

Exercise trial

Trial participant Bill Westmoreland takes part in a class in July 2019 at OHSU. The class is part of a NIH-funded clinical trial testing two types of exercise--tai chi versus strength training--as a means to prevent falls and injuries in men who've received anti-androgen therapy for prostate cancer. (OHSU/Joe Rojas-Burke)

(OHSU/Joe Rojas-Burke)