Exercise, Once Again
Posted 11/24/2010
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It does seem a boring and repetitive theme, but here is another article about the importance of exercise. The evidence seems increasingly strong that physical activity is good for us and may make a difference in lowering recurrence risks. On this, the day before Thanksgiving, it is also a motivating reminder (at least for me).
I always take the day before Thanksgiving off from work so I can pick up the turkey at the wonderful local farm stand and start cooking the multiple sides that traditionally are on our table. (Funny thing about Thanksgiving dinner: It is maybe the one meal of the year that no one wants any innovation. Same things, every year. The first year I ever cooked a Thanksgiving dinner, one of our guests was from Alabama. He sat down, looked around, and said: "Where's the rice?". Rice! In my family, no one ever had rice at Thanksgiving, but, obviously, things were different at his home.) Anyway, I am digressing big time here. The point is that I know that I will overeat tomorrow, especially the stuffing and mashed potatoes, so I spent extra time and energy at the gym this morning and will do so again tomorrow and Friday. Hope you, too, find a way to combine gluttony and exercise.
Here's an excerpt and the link:
Improvement in self-reported physical health predicts longer
survival among women with a history of breast cancer
Ruth E. Patterson • Nazmus Saquib •
Loki Natarajan • Cheryl L. Rock • Barbara A. Parker •
Cynthia A. Thomson • John P. Pierce
Abstract Physical health-related quality of life scores
have been, inconsistently, associated with breast cancer
prognosis. This analysis examined whether change in
physical health scores were related to outcomes in women
with a history of breast cancer. 2343 breast cancer survi-
vors in a randomized diet trial provided self-reported
assessment of physical health-related quality of life at
baseline and year 1. Based on change in physical health
score, participants were grouped into subpopulations of
decreased physical health, no/minimal changes, and
increased physical health. Cox regression analysis assessed
whether change in physical health (from baseline to year 1)
predicted disease-free and overall survival; hazard ratio
(HR) was the measure of association. There were 294
additional breast cancer events and 162 deaths among
women followed for 7.3 years. Improvements in physical
health were associated with younger age, lower BMI, being
employed, not receiving tamoxifen, lower physical activity,
and lower baseline physical and mental health. There was
no association of change in physical health with additional
breast cancer events or mortality among women diagnosed
B2 years before study enrollment. However, among
women who entered the study [2 years post-diagnosis, the HR for increased compared to decreased physical health was 0.38 (95% CI, 0.16-0.85) for all-cause mortality.
These results appear to support testing an intervention to
improve physical health in breast cancer patients among
patients after the acute stage of treatment.
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