Exercise Added to Chemo Shrinks Tumors Faster

Exercise Added to Chemo Shrinks Tumors Faster
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Adding exercise to a regimen of chemotherapy shrinks tumors more than chemotherapy alone, according to a study with mice.

Exercise has long been recommended to cancer patients for its physical and psychological benefits. For a new study, published in the American Journal of Physiology, researchers were particularly interested in testing whether exercise could protect against the negative cardiac-related side effects of the common cancer drug doxorubicin.
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