Canadian Health Reference Guide: Heavy lifting for cancer research Increasing muscle mass can enhance quality of life

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“Although many cancer patients are in a palliative care situation, we want to maintain their quality of life as much as possible,” says co-author Antonio Vigano, a palliative care physician at the MUHC. “Participation would be high because activity gives patients control over their situation — control they feel they’ve lost. In addition we know there are other positive benefits to exercise, such as increased appetite.”

Partners in research:
This work was supported by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Research Institute of the MUHC, the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé, and the Canadian Hypertension Society.