Groundbreaking Kingston research shows exercise not only improves cancer outcomes, but costs health system less

KINGSTON — Researchers from Queen’s University have now demonstrated not only that cancer outcomes improve with prescribed exercise, but that helping post-treatment patients gain access to exercise programs leads to health-care system cost savings.Dr. Christopher Booth and researchers with the Canadian Cancer Trials Group at Queen’s University undertook a 17-year-long study to examine whether exercise could improve outcomes for colon cancer patients . Related'We were astounded