Decades of research has shown exercise helps fight cancer. If you are physically active, you can reduce your risk of getting cancer. If you already have cancer, exercise can stave off the tumor. And, if you’ve beaten the tumor, putting in hours at the gym can delay or even prevent the cancer from making a return.
However, the mechanism of how exercise works to fight cancer has never been well understood. A new study in mice, published in Cell Metabolism, says that the clue may lie in the levels of adrenalin that exercise produces, which boosts the production of cancer-killing immune cells.
http://qz.com/623920/we-know-exercise-reduces-the-risk-of-cancer-now-we-also-know-how/
Study: http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(16)30003-1
However, the mechanism of how exercise works to fight cancer has never been well understood. A new study in mice, published in Cell Metabolism, says that the clue may lie in the levels of adrenalin that exercise produces, which boosts the production of cancer-killing immune cells.
http://qz.com/623920/we-know-exercise-reduces-the-risk-of-cancer-now-we-also-know-how/
Study: http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(16)30003-1