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Lifting Weights Offers Benefit to Breast Cancer Survivors
March 27, 2006
A recent study suggests that women who have had breast cancer surgery benefit from lift weights. Weight lifting can help women gain a sense of well being and achieve a better quality of life.
The study included 86 women who had been treated for breast cancer 4 to 36 months previous to the study. The group that was assigned a weight lifting routine twice a week had a better quality of life and global psychological score.
Previous studies only focused on the benefits of aerobic exercise on breast cancer patients. This study demonstrates that weight lifting is provides similar quality of life benefits to breast cancer survivors.