Cancer Patients Need Activity Not Rest

Cancer Patients Need Activity Not Rest
Women participate in a yoga class for cancer patients at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center in San Francisco, California, US. Health professionals in the UK should encourage cancer patients to be more active, according to Macmillan Cancer Support. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Women participate in a yoga class for cancer patients at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center in San Francisco, California, US. Health professionals in the UK should encourage cancer patients to be more active, according to Macmillan Cancer Support. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Women participate in a yoga class for cancer patients at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center in San Francisco, California, US. Health professionals in the UK should encourage cancer patients to be more active, according to Macmillan Cancer Support. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Health professionals are failing to advise cancer patients that exercise helps recovery, according to new research from Macmillan Cancer Support, a leading UK charity.

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