Seminar: Physical Activity Across the Cancer Treatment Pathway

In the United Kingdom (UK), over half of adults currently under the age of 65 will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetime. Exercise provides myriad health benefits to individuals before, during and after cancer treatment by reducing treatment-related symptoms, improving functional status, quality of life, and lowering the risk of disease recurrence.

This seminar, hosted by the AWRC’s Living Well with Chronic Disease research theme, showcased research investigating physical activity across the cancer treatment pathway.

The seminar included presentations from:

Carol Keen, the clinical lead for Active Together, a large-scale rehabilitation pathway for cancer patients.  View their slides here

Dr Nick Peake, whose research investigates the cellular response to exosomes, which can be used as biomarkers to determine the benefits of exercise in patients with bowel cancer.

Brindley Hapuarachi discussing his research exploring how physical activity activates the immune system during cancer immunotherapy.  View their slides here

Dr Tom Maden-Wilkinson discussing his research on developing a patient portal co-designed with people with secondary breast cancer.  View their slides here

Finally, the AWRC’s theme leads Dr Caroline Dalton and Liam Humphreys announced plans to hold a workshop at the AWRC in the near future (date TBC) to bring together researchers with the ultimate aim of developing further projects.  Eventbrite ticket holders will be contacted with the details once available.  If you were not on the Eventbrite ticket list, but would like to be informed of the date, please contact Caroline (c.f.dalton@shu.ac.uk) or Liam (l.humphreys@shu.ac.uk) directly.