Abstract
Exercise for cancer patients is gaining support. In the current case study, a female breast cancer patient was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 29 years; she underwent a left modified radical mastectomy. She developed cancer again in the opposite breast at the age of 57 years and had a right modified radical mastectomy. After the second mastectomy (the right breast), the patient received chemotherapy and radiation. Following her cancer treatments, she participated in an exercise intervention for 6 months at the University of Northern Colorado's Rocky Mountain Cancer Rehabilitation Institute. A 6-month reassessment showed that she increased her muscular strength and cardiovascular function in addition to attenuating her cancer-related fatigue and depression. It is recommended that health professionals work together to ensure that a collaborative effort is undertaken to increase functional work capacity that will significantly improve patients' quality of life.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 34-38 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Integrative Cancer Therapies |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cancer
- Case study
- Exercise
- Mastectomies
- Prescriptive
- Rehabilitation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Complementary and alternative medicine