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The Science of Exercise for Cancer | Kerry Courneya, PhD
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05/03/2025
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:47 Why exercise should be effortful
00:02:33 How to meaningfully reduce risk of cancer
00:06:22 What type of exercise is best?
00:07:59 How exercise reduces risk—even for smokers and the obese
00:10:48 Weekend-only exercise
00:13:49 150 vs. 300 minutes per week (more is better—up to a point)
00:16:03 Why pre-diagnosis exercise matters
00:19:09 Why resilience to cancer treatment starts with exercise
00:21:01 Why low muscle mass drives cancer death
00:23:58 Why BMI fails to measure true obesity
00:27:51 Why daily activity isn't enough (structured exercise matters)
00:29:34 Breaking up sedentary time—do ‘exercise snacks’ help?
00:31:50 Supplements vs. exercise
00:32:32 Where exercise fits with chemo and immunotherapy
00:35:30 Why rest is not the best medicine
00:41:20 Aerobic vs. resistance
00:42:11 How chemotherapy patients were able to put on over a kilogram of muscle
00:42:13 How weight training improves 'chemo completion'
00:44:41 Why exercise creates vulnerability in cancer cells (limitations do apply)
00:47:09 Why exercise might be crucial for tumor elimination
00:53:03 Why cardio may be better at clearing tumor cells
00:56:18 When cancer spreads quickly—and when it doesn't
00:57:43 Why liquid biopsies may prevent over-treatment
01:02:56 Exercise-sensitive vs. exercise-resistant cancers
01:06:06 Prostate cancer therapy—why strength training matters
01:08:10 When exercise is the only therapy—does it work?
01:09:26 Why HIIT reduces PSA in prostate cancer
01:11:40 Avoiding over-treatment—can exercise buy you time?
01:12:00 Why high-intensity exercise boosts anti-cancer biology
01:13:11 Turning a diagnosis into a wake-up call
01:16:11 Why oncologists are rethinking exercise
01:18:50 Why exercise eases anxiety about cancer—proven psychological benefits
01:25:00 Before, during, and after treatment
01:27:02 Why exercise is unique among cancer therapies
01:28:16 Why cancer patients stop exercising—the risky mistake almost everyone makes
01:30:41 How to get sedentary cancer patients exercising (realistically)
01:33:15 The $1 million case for including exercise
01:34:56 Why recurrence trials haven't convinced doctors—yet
01:37:36 The bottom-line message
01:37:55 The myth of a cancer panacea (exercise included)
01:44:07 What's the best $50 investment for staying active?
01:44:40 Only 15 minutes per day—what’s the best anti-cancer exercise?
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