Fit for Surgery? Can exercise fight cancer?

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English - August 30, 2017 13:47 - 3 minutes - 1.83 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
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Fit 4 Surgery School and can exercise help fight cancer.

Monty Mythen and Joff Lacey talk to Professor Mike Grocott about the 'pre-habillitation re-habilitation' on day one of the ASER 2017 meeting in Washington DC. Prof Grocott also gives more detail on on-going research that is exploring the impact of exercise on cancer therapy.

For more CME read "Re-designing the pathway to surgery: better care and added value" in Perioperative Medicine here: https://perioperativemedicinejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13741-017-0065-4

This taken from a longer conversation here: http://www.topmedtalk.com/aser-ebpom-2017-pod-two-live-from-washington-dc/

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