Resistance training appears to restore physical strength, immune health in frail or at-risk cancer survivors

Cancer survivors significantly improved their strength and immune health after completing a 10-week resistance training program as part of a pilot study led by Shernan Holtan, MD, Chief of Blood and Marrow Transplantation at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Published in the journal Cancers, the study results suggest that this type of exercise has the potential to overcome some of the effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatments, which can cause rapid aging of both the immune and musculoskeletal systems. ...