Should exercise be prescribed for some people having chemotherapy? Elizabeth Tracey reports

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Certain types of chemotherapy are associated with development of a condition called peripheral neuropathy, which at its most mild may cause tingling in hands or feet, or at worst causes pain and difficulty walking. Now a new study looks at a couple of types of exercise and finds they help. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, comments.

Nelson: What does this mean? How can you use it? Most people had difficulty completing the intervention. It's far worse if you're older. What are the reasons? They're tired, they don't want to do it. There have been a series of studies of breast cancer using exercise more generally, walking. Has some symptomatic benefit typically women who do the walking experience less fatigue, even though they're more proximately fatigued after they walk. I wonder if it's not one of these physical training things general benefits to the way you feel.   :30

Nelson says it certainly won’t cause harm so it is likely worth trying. At Johns Hopkins, I’m Elizabeth Tracey.