OHSU-led panel: Exercise is essential for seniors in cancer treatment, who are cancer survivors

New national guidelines dispel myth that physical activity is too risky for older patients, survivors

By Kari Hastings February 19, 2026 Portland, Oregon

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Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D., with the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, was one of three OHSU experts on a panel that created exercise recommendations for cancer survivors over 65. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU-led panel: Exercise is essential for seniors in cancer treatment, who are cancer survivors

Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D., with the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, was one of three OHSU experts on a panel that created exercise recommendations for cancer survivors over 65. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Cancer exercise study

Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D., with the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, was one of three OHSU experts on a panel that created exercise recommendations for cancer survivors over 65. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D. (OHSU)