A study that reveals the relationship between exercise and the age of survivors of cancer

In a recent study, published in the Journal of the American Cancer Society, it revealed that the exercise of colon cancer survivors can help achieve long -term survival figures, similar to those of public members who have the same demographic properties. People with colon cancer suffer from higher early death rates, compared to their peers of the same age group and gender in society. The researchers analyzed data from two clinical experiments, performed after treatment for patients with the third phase of colon cancer, as the study included two thousand and 875 patients, which had their physical activity levels, after surgery and chemotherapy, self -reported, and scientists also compared these information to the data of the identical population in the National Center for Health Statistics. The researchers measured the physical activity of the participants based on the hours of the white equivalent, a measure that reflects the amount of energy the body consumes during physical activity, and according to the health guidelines, 150 minutes of medium -self -exercises per week equal to about eight hours of that rate per week. The researchers found that patients who survived after three years of treatment, and their physical activity was less than 3 hours a week, were 17.1% less than their peers in society, and patients who practiced 18 hours or more were their survival rate alive during the following three years at only 3.5% compared to non -patients. Cancer and exercise and in a second experiment showed data that patients who practiced less than 3 hours a week were survival rates during the following three years less than 10.8%, while this percentage was only 4.4% for those who practiced 18 hours or longer. When analyzing the data collected from the two studies, the results concluded that among the thousand and 908 patients who did not suffer from cancer after three years, the survival rates of patients who practiced less than 3 hours a week were 3.1% less, while patients who practiced 18 hours or more were up 2.9%. That is, the survivors who were free from crop after three years and regularly practiced have achieved better survival rates than their healthy counterparts. The study indicates that regular physical activity is not just a way to improve public health, but it can be an important factor in improving the chances of the survival of colon cancer. These results are additional evidence of the importance of exercise as part of subsequent care programs for cancer patients, which can improve the quality of life and increase the chances of survival.