Sport Helps the immune system protects the body from cancer

Sport Helps the immune system protects the body from cancer

After completing the chemotherapy, the cancer sufferers who exercise during the past few weeks have immune systems that are more effective against cancer, which, in turn, prevent cancer developing in the future.

The findings come from a preliminary study presented at the meeting "The Integrative Biology of Exercise VI" may help scientists understand why exercise can greatly reduce the risk of secondary cancer in people with cancer, or in cases where it can lower the risk entirely on the individual who had not been diagnosed with cancer.

A team of experts, led by Laura Bilek from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, examined a group of 16 people with cancer who participated in an exercise program that is implemented for twelve weeks. In such research, the T cells in the blood of Volunteers checked before and after the completion of the exercise.

Analysis showed that most of the immune cells of the form "an excuse" to a better form. This means that the cell is changed from a form that is not efficient in the fight against cancer to a form that is ready to protect the body from disease and infection.

The benefits of Sports in the immune system

Previous studies have found many associations between exercise and cancer, including:

that exercise can reduce the likelihood of hit by some types of cancer

that exercise can improve the prognosis in patients with cancer

that exercise can reduce the likelihood of recurrence and secondary cancer development.

Because the cause of this relationship has been known, and some reports have implied that exercise can improve the immune system's ability to protect against the disease, experts in this research were collected to determine how physical exercise can specifically affect the immune system of cancer patients.

T cells, a type of immune cells that protect against infectious agents and cancer cells, is a focal point in the investigation of cancer survivors who have just finished their chemotherapy.

The last experiment show that T cells become more and more an excuse after chemotherapy, thus causing cancer patients less able to fight off disease and infection.

So, Bilek explains, to reconstruct the population of T cells "excuse" is important for the immune system to function properly so that it can fight cancer.

To identify the number of T cells that ' an excuse "and that is still effective, blood samples from all participants were taken and analyzed. They then took part in exercise programs at the Rocky Mountain Cancer Rehabilitation Institute which runs for twelve weeks. Those programs are individually custom made, consisting of strength training and endurance, cardiovascular exercise, and exercise for posture, flexibility and balance, with extra training in areas where participants feel weakest.

The experts took blood from subjects after 12 weeks, and carried out other tests to test their T cells. This second analysis showed that the proportion of cells "excuse" to the T cells effectively increased in most patients.

Bilek explains, "what we recommend is perbanyaklah physical activities, the activities will get rid of T cells which do not assist and make room for the T cells that might help."

This research is important because it not only emphasizes the benefits of exercise for cancer patients and cancer survivors, but also shows how this can be beneficial to a healthy individual.

Bilek concluded:

"There are many positive benefits of sport. If sport is indeed proven to strengthen the immune system and potentially improve cancer surveillance, there is one more reason why people should schedule routine activities as sports throughout the day and make the sport as one of the priorities in their lives. "

So, wait what else?? Work out every day, starting from now. Preventing is always better right?