Exercise cuts the risk of death in cancer patients almost twice, study

We all know exercise is good for us but now scientists have found that physical exercise significantly increases the life expectancy of cancer survivors, Daily Mail reports.

Men who beat cancer and who burned more than 12,600 calories a week exercising, almost halved their risk of death, a new study found.

Scientists from the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine studied 1,021 men with an average age of 71 who had been previously diagnosed with cancer.

They found that men who burned more than 12,600 calories per week by exercising, were 48 per cent less likely to die than those that did little exercise and expended less than 2,100 calories a week, Medical Express reported.

Co-author of the study, Dr Kathlee Wolin explained that many cancer survivors are living longer because of early diagnosis and better treatment.

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