Physical exercise may reduce risk of prostate cancer
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Physical exercise may reduce risk of prostate cancer

Dion Smyth Lecturer-practitioner in cancer and palliative care, Birmingham City University
Kat Keogh

Men who keep physically active could cut their risk of prostate cancer by half, research suggests. Researchers said exercise, which can include gardening or walking, has a larger protective effect than had been thought.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 19, 1, 12-12. doi: 10.7748/cnp.19.1.12.s10

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