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Fiona_BCNA
10 years agoMember
ABC Catalyst: Exercise and Cancer
Last Night ABC Catalyst aired a story on exercise and cancer. The program explored the research and benefits of exercise during active cancer treatment. One Australian trial being undertaken by Profe...
primek
10 years agoMember
Most GPs can do a health care plan and refer you to an exercise physiologist who could set you up with a program dependent on your limitations and areas requiring strength improvement. You can then have 4 sessions under medicare. They wouldn't need to be cancer doecific ones. ..they understand the needs of most diseases and could research if they needed also. My oncologist just recommended 30 mins aerobic a day, such as walking and weight / strength trsining x 3 times a week.