Impact of Acute Intermittent Exercise on Natural Killer Cells in Breast Cancer Survivors

Conclusions. The breast cancer survivor group exhibited NK cell responses to 30 minutes of moderate-intensity intermittent aerobic exercise that were comparable with that in the group of physically similar women without a history of cancer. Immune changes related to cancer treatments may be related to the lower absolute NK cell counts observed in the breast cancer survivor group. Although the results of this study are preliminary in nature, they suggest that this type of exercise does not disrupt this aspect of innate immunity in recent breast cancer survivors, thereby supporting current exercise recommendations for this population.

Source: Integrative Cancer Therapies - August 14, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Evans, E. S., Hackney, A. C., McMurray, R. G., Randell, S. H., Muss, H. B., Deal, A. M., Battaglini, C. L. Tags: Articles Source Type: research