Exercise can promote blood circulation, can it cause cancer to spread?
Patients often ask me, "If I have cancer, can I still exercise? Can I still go play basketball, ping-pong, running, swimming, square dancing, practicing yoga? Today we will talk about this topic!
First of all, I would like to give an answer, from the existing literature and information, exercise will not make cancer cells spread faster, moreover, exercise can reduce fatigue, improve the quality of life, and also reduce the recurrence rate of cancer and improve the survival period of cancer patients.
When exercising, the body's oxygen demand increases and the heartbeat speeds up, which will accelerate the body's blood circulation. Some friends are worried whether the accelerated blood circulation will lead to the spread of cancer cells and accelerate the metastasis of tumors.
There are also friends who would say that the trembling and shaking of the body during exercise may lead to the shedding of cancer cells and cause the spread and metastasis of tumor cells.
In fact, this is just a wishful thinking and taken for granted, there is no evidence that exercise will lead to the shedding of cancer cells, and there is no evidence that exercise will lead to the spread of cancer, the cancer cells are not as fragile as we all think, it is not possible that your jumping and bouncing will lead to a large number of necrotic shedding of cancer cells.
Violent massage and nudging, may cause the tumor to spread
Of course, inappropriate violent massage and nudging, it is possible to lead to the spread of cancer, especially the breast and thyroid these organs on the surface of the body, the tumor can be reached with the hand. We often admit some breast cancer patients with nodules in their breasts, and going to a beauty salon for a violent massage may cause the cancer cells to be squeezed, squeezing the tumor cells into lymphatic vessels or blood vessels, resulting in the spread of cancer cells and metastasis.
Appropriate exercise is good for cancer patients
The incidence of cancer is getting higher and higher due to environmental pollution and poor living and eating habits. At the same time, cancer treatments are advancing and there are more and more cancer survivors. In the 1970s, there were about 3 million cancer patients, and by 2016, there were up to more than 15 million cancer patients.
According to available information, among female cancer survivors, the following types of cancer are most common: breast cancer, uterine body cancer, colorectal cancer, thyroid cancer, melanoma; among male survivors, the following types of cancer are common: prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, melanoma, bladder cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.