Exercise before and during Chemotherapy May Bolster Therapeutic Effects, Preserves Cardio Fitness and Muscle Mass

A research team led by Jared Dickinson, PhD, from Central Washington University, followed people with breast cancer who were treated with anthracycline-containing chemotherapy. “Our preliminary data suggest that strategic exercise initiated prior to, and continued during, anthracycline chemotherapy treatment of breast cancer may provide a promising therapeutic strategy to minimize the detrimental off-target effects of anthracycline chemotherapies and better preserve cardiorespiratory fitness and lean mass in breast cancer patients,” Dickinson said.

The research will be presented virtually at the American Physiological Society (APS) Integrative Physiology of Exercise (IPE) conference. Request the Abstract: “The effect of exercise preconditioning on VO2peak and lean mass in breast cancer patients treated with anthracyclines – A preliminary study”