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Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise training is an important but often overlooked method for promoting health and managing symptoms in people undergoing treatment for or recovering from cancer. Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise training has been successfully used for various types of cancer and during the different phases of cancer. Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise training has been used during chemotherapy and radiation regimens to maintain physical function and relieve symptoms of fatigue, nausea, and depression. Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise training has been used safely and effectively during the recovery and remission phases of cancer to promote strength and endurance to enable people with cancer to return to vocational, social, and recreational activities.

Appropriately paced physical activities can be used for people who have profound weakness and fatigue from cancer to enable them to progress gradually to higher physical functioning. Appropriately paced physical activities can also be used for people with cancer who require palliative treatment to maintain functional capacities in the event that a person begins to fail. Several controlled research investigations have demonstrated that moderate-intensity aerobic exercise training is a safe and effective method for maintaining health and managing symptoms related to cancer and its treatments. It is the responsibility of health care professionals to apply medical screening and exercise evaluations in order to appropriately design exercise prescriptions that are safe and effective for people in the various phases of cancer treatment and recovery. When used appropriately, moderate-intensity aerobic exercise can be an important component in managing symptoms related to cancer and its treatment, in improving the physical function of people with cancer, and in improving the quality of life for people fighting through or recovering from cancer.


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