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Kellie Toohey, Associate Professor Clinical Exercise Physiology, Southern Cross University

For people with lung cancer, exercise can be gruelling. It’s also among the most important things

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When you think of lung cancer treatment, what comes to mind – chemotherapy, radiation, surgery? While these can be crucial, there’s another powerful tool that’s often overlooked: exercise.

Our recent study, published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, challenges the common belief that people with lung cancer are too sick to be physically active.

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