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Exercise as a Prostate Cancer treatment
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 7 11:14pm | Replies (65)Comment receiving replies
Hello:
I am a firm believer in exercise for cancer, and go to the gym 3-4 days a week and feel great. I can absolutely say that it made the 6 months on Lupron a walk in the park. However, other than Dr. Rob Nuton's belief, does any body else here have any quantifable evidence that shows that exercise actually works, such as a drop in PSA, or lengthing of doubling time, etc.
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I implemented a modified cardiovascular exercise routine based on the results of the ERASE randomized clinic trial performed in 2021:(https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2783273)
ERASE conclusion: "The ERASE trial demonstrated that HIIT increased cardiorespiratory fitness levels and decreased PSA levels, PSA velocity, and prostate cancer cell growth in men with localized prostate cancer who were under active surveillance."
I was diagnosed with low volume 3+4 and Decipher of 0.22 in October 2023. I increased my running routine to three 5K's per week and added HIIT, at that time.
My most recent PSA level is 25% below my prebiopsy level and a follow-up mpMRI indicated that two of the three original PIRADS lesions were not visible and the largest had shrunk and its T2 & DWI/ADC signals reduced from “moderate” to “mild”.
So, yes, there is quantifiable evidence, based on a randomized clinic trial (the "gold standard" of medical research) that cardiovascular exercise does slow prostate cancer progression. I have experienced these same results 29 months after diagnosis and implementation of my cardiovascular exercise protocol.
I posted a lot more detail about my experience earlier in this thread.