Exercise boosts cancer recovery and slashes risk of death or relapse by a third, major study finds

EXERCISE is “better than a drug” at stopping cancer coming back, a landmark trial suggests.

Top doctors say recovering patients should be prescribed personal trainers to boost survival.

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A Cancer Research UK study showed it could slash bowel cancer patients’ risk of death or relapse.

Following an exercise programme after treatment reduced their risk of dying within eight years by 37 per cent.