Cancer and Exercise (Health and Human Development) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1536127477 ISBN 13: 9781536127478

Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc, 2017

Synopsis

With advances in knowledge and technology, the proportion of cancer patients who have been cured or survive with cancers is growing, but a certain proportion of patients will still have disease recurrence or progression to palliative care. During the entirety of cancer progression, significant adverse impacts on physical and psychological aspects have been observed due to both diseases themselves and the associated treatments. “Exercise-oncology” is an emerging field of research that has gained increasing attention since the term was first publicly introduced during the 1980s, showing improved functional capacity, body composition and treatment-related nausea with aerobic exercise. In this book, the authors review the current evidence on the application of exercise in various time points during cancer care, including as a preventive measure before cancer development, as a treatment during cancer treatments, as a rehabilitation measure during the recovery phase, and as a supportive

Edition details

• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1536127477
• ISBN 13: 9781536127478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 273
• Editor: Malek Leila, Lim Fiona, Wan Bo Angela, Diaz Patrick L. Ph.d., Chow Edward