Friday, February 3, 2012

Science Shows How Exercise Might Help in Prostate Cancer (HealthDay)

TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) --

Vigorous exercise causes changes in some 180 prostate genes among men with early stage prostate cancer, a new study suggests.

Included are genes known to suppress tumor growth and repair DNA, which might mean that exercise could prevent or delay progression of the disease, the researchers said.

June Chan, associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, and urology at the University of California, San Francisco said that there are limitations to this study. Most important, the study was small and so the results could be by chance, she said.

"If confirmed, the results suggest that vigorous physical activity might offer protection against prostate cancer progression," Chan said.


Read the full HealthDay News report:
Science Shows How Exercise Might Help in Prostate Cancer