Exercise Helps Ease Joint Pain in Cancer Survivors
Joint pain or joint stiffness (arthralgia) is a common side effect of many types of cancer treatment. According to CureToday.com issue 10.18, for some survivors of breast cancer, treatment to prevent cancer recurrence such as aromatase inhibitors lead to joint pain so severe that the survivors choose to stop taking the drug. Exercise interventions to improve continuation of and adherence to hormonal therapy may be critical to improve breast cancer survival. Exercise is assoc