{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Care Partners Compass: Navigating CRC","title":"S2E3 - The Importance of Exercise to Cancer Patients (and how care partners can help too)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":995,"description":"Here are links to some of the information talked about in the episode:\nResearch:\n- MSK article (April 2025) on exercise as cancer therapy\n- MSK article (Jan 2017) on cancer patients being less active \n- ASCO25 press release about the international CHALLENGE trial where early stage colorectal patients who had an exercise \"coach\" and exercised regularly had a better disease free survival\n- American Cancer Society article on Weight Loss\n\nExercise Programs:\n- MSK Integrative Medicine at Home - virtual exercise classes for cancer patients and care partners - $20/mth and you do not need to be a MSK patient\n- Exercise Programs at Wellness House (Chicago) - free exercise programs, some in-person and some virtual\n- Wellness Programs at Hirsch (Greensboro, NC) - free exercise programs, some in-person and some virtual\n- Livestrong Program at the YMCA (national) - close to 800 YMCA locations across the country participate in this 12 week program for cancer survivors\n- American College of Sports Medicine - Cancer and Exercise Research and Resources\nwhich includes a Moving Through Cancer directory of some of the local and regional exercise oncology specialists and programs, searchable by city or state\nHost, Producer, Composer, Editor: Elsa Lankford","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/puBGvSMgz4m55Hb_TxGdFldaOi3TRc2iliWCubUE8Wc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ5MDg4LzE3MDY0/NzQxMzgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}