Exercise: Why does this matter to men after a prostate cancer diagnosis

Описание: 2 in 5 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Exercise is now accepted as important for improving side effects of cancer treatment and well-being after cancer treatment. However, there is limited access to exercise programs in the community designed for people with cancer. People with cancer report wanting programs led by exercise professionals who understand cancer and what is safe. SIRvivor BC is an exercise program for men with prostate cancer currently offered across BC. This presentation will talk about how SIRvivor BC was designed to meet the exercise needs of men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, in any stage of treatment or recovery.

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Kristin Campbell, BSc, PT, PhD is a licensed physical therapist and a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia. She also holds an appointment in the Cancer Control Program at the BC Cancer Research Centre. She is a member of the Oncology Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.

Her research focus is on the role of exercise in cancer rehabilitation and survivorship has been funded by the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada and others. She is associate editor for Physical Therapy, the journal of the American Physical Therapy Association, and the Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (TJACSM).

She is the co-lead of the 2019 exercise guidelines for cancer survivors from the American College of Sports Medicine and in 2020 received a Distinguished Achievement Award for Overall Excellence Mid-Career from the Faculty of Medicine at UBC.

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