Research studies are finding that exercise plays an important role in the care of metastatic (stage 4) breast cancer care–including after diagnosis.
We’ve rounded up on some articles, personal stories, research studies, and videos that highlight the importance of keeping–or introducing–exercise in your life. Activities can actually help reduce fatigue. It can even help with the pain. And it can help improve your quality of life.
Learn why it’s safe and beneficial in the articles below.
About
- Breastcancer.org: Making Exercise Part of Your Metastatic Treatment Plan
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: Exercise and MBC: Tips From a Survivor
- Oncology Nurse Advisor: Exercise Improves Quality of Life for Patients with Bone Metastases
- Unite for HER: Funding and delivering integrative and supportive therapies to help empower and restore your body, mind, and soul
Research studies
- The ASCO Post: Exercise Counteracts Fatigue, Pain in Women with Advanced Cancer
- Journal of Pain and Symptom Management: Physical Activity for Symptom Management in Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Randomized Feasibility Trial on Physical Activity and Breast Metastases
Personal stories
- FORCE-Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered: Personal Story: Running Marathons with MBC? Yes!
Last Modified on August 2, 2023