Doctors withhold life-saving exercise advice from 69% of bowel cancer patients
Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the English National Health Service (NHS) in 2010 and 2011 were given a survey in 2013 titled "Living with and Beyond Colorectal Cancer." Over 15,000 respondents gave complete data for the study. The survey was focused on physical activity and questioned patients about their activity levels after diagnosis and whether their doctor gave them important exercise advice, including duration of physical activity on a weekly basis. The objective of the study was to find out whether a doctor's exercise advice after cancer diagnosis would prompt patients to engage in more physical activity. The study found out that doctors routinely withhold life-saving advice on exercise -- therefore leaving patients clueless about how physical activity can help them recover. Read more
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