Clinical oncologists are increasingly interested in so-called “supportive” care, but their clinical evaluation is not always easy. A French study by APACaP, funded by patients’ families, shows today that physical activity benefits advanced cancer patients (in this case, pancreatic tumors, the prognosis of which is often very poor). The results, presented at the World Congress of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (Asco) in Chicago this weekend, support increased physical activity in the standard management of this type of cancer, the study authors suggest.
Fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, but malnutrition often increase the pain of cancer patients. «It is known that pancreatic cancer և its treatment dramatically reduces the energy of patients, but there is no cure for fatigue. The best medicine …
Source: Le Figaro
