By Kate O’Rourke
San Antonio—Exercise may have a direct effect on breast tumor tissue in humans, according to a study presented at the 2016 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The study showed that a brief, preoperative exercise intervention in women with breast cancer sparked an upregulation of cellular pathways, including immune and cytokine–cytokine receptor interaction pathways.
Lead investigator Jennifer Ligibel, MD, the director of the Leonard P. Zakim Center for