Exercise and cancer: from “healthy” to “therapeutic”?

Manja Idorn, Per thor Straten*

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde
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    Abstract

    Exercise improves functional capacity and patient-reported outcomes across a range of cancer diagnoses. The mechanisms behind this protection have been largely unknown, but exercise-mediated changes in body composition, sex hormone levels, systemic inflammation, and immune cell function have been suggested to play a role. We recently demonstrated that voluntary exercise leads to an influx of immune cells in tumors, and a more than 60% reduction in tumor incidence and growth across several mouse models. Given the common mechanisms of immune cell mobilization in mouse and man during exercise, we hypothesize that this link between exercise and the immune system can be exploited in cancer therapy in particular in combination with immunotherapy. Thus, we believe that exercise may not just be “healthy” but may in fact be therapeutic.

    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftCancer Immunology, Immunotherapy
    Vol/bind66
    Udgave nummer5
    Sider (fra-til)667-671
    Antal sider5
    ISSN0340-7004
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - maj 2017

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