Regular walks in the open air improve the prognosis of prostate cancer
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Prostate cancer is very common now in the developed world. So, in the USA the incidence of prostate cancer is very high, and it occupies one of the first places among malignant tumors in men. Prostate cancer accounts for 29% of all newly diagnosed malignant neoplasms. And annually 192 000 new cases of prostate cancer are registered in this country.
For this reason, the discovery made by scientists from the University of California in the city of San Francisco (University of California, San Francisco) is of great practical importance: adherence to simple recommendations will help save thousands of lives each year.
Based on the results of their research, the authors state that even with a diagnosis of prostate cancer, regular walks for at least 3 hours per week significantly reduce the risk of metastasis, and, therefore, increase the chances of survival.
At the same time, scientists emphasize that the benefits of such walking tours will only be if they occur in a fairly energetic pace - walking "waddling" is useless.
The authors studied 1,455 men with prostate cancer already detected, which, however, had not yet left the organ limits, that is, the disease was at an early stage. During the time that the experiment lasted, 117 of them had metastases in the bones, or a relapse of cancer after the course of treatment, or death.
However, in those patients from the general group of patients who regularly walked, making vigorous walks, the risk of spreading a serious illness was reduced by 57%.
At the same time, the distance did not matter - the factor of duration (not less than 3 hours per week) and the intensity of walking were important.
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