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Keep moving... and going the distance after cancer?
13 octobre 2025
By Ana Espino | Published on October 13, 2025 | 3 min readWith the growing number of cancer survivors, care no longer ends with remission. Maintaining quality of life has become a key issue, notably through physical activity, which is recognized for its beneficial effects on fatigue, physical function, mood, and even risk of recurrence. However, while exercise interventions during treatment yield
With the growing number of cancer survivors, care no longer ends with remission. Maintaining quality of life has become a key issue, notably through physical activity, which is recognized for its beneficial effects on fatigue, physical function, mood, and even risk of recurrence.
However, while exercise interventions during treatment yield short-term benefits, they often fail to produce lasting behavior change. Once the supervised program ends, many patients reduce their activity levels significantly due to lack of support or motivation. Long-term data on physical activity trajectories and risk factors hindering sustained engagement remain limited. Against this backdrop, this study aimed to identify long-term patterns of physical activity over five years following a supervised intervention and to determine the predictors of each trajectory among patients treated for breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer. The goal was to better understand how to design personalized and sustainable approaches in oncology care.
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Scientific reference
Ax, A. K., et al. (2025). Longitudinal Profiles and Predictors of Physical Activity in Cancer Survivors Post-Exercise Intervention: A 5-Year Follow-Up of the Phys-Can RCT. Integrative cancer therapies, 24, 15347354251362447
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