Exercise to Reduce Pain for Breast Cancer Patients

In a study titled “Directed Exercise Intervention in Breast Cancer Patients with Arthralgias Receiving Aromatase Inhibitors: A Randomized Pilot Study,” investigators at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute at Christiana Care Health System in Delaware compared a directed exercise regimen with walking in reducing joint pain, a common side effect of the class of estrogen-blocking drugs called aromatase inhibitors (AIs). These drugs are often a first-line therapy after surgery and radiation for women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, the most common type of breast cancer.

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