Andrea Leonard President/Founder of CETI teaching case studies What Exactly is a Cancer Exercise Specialist & Why Should You Refer to One? As a 37-year cancer survivor and 29-year fitness veteran, I can speak firsthand to the benefits of exercise for cancer patients. Before I go into my…
Nervous system side effects such as dizziness, vertigo and balance issues are common in cancer patients for a variety of reasons, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The symptoms may actually lead to a cancer diagnosis, or they may be side-effects of treatment. Increased pressure caused…
A working group around Professor Hermann Brenner of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum) in Heidelberg have investigated the most important modifiable risk factors for cancer. The concept of population-attributable fraction (PAF) basically depends on the number of risk-exposed people in the population, the extent to which…
Janna received a referral for a client with early stage breast cancer. She recently became a Cancer Exercise Specialist and asked if she could hire me to help her with and teach her how to put together Luci’s exercise program. She completed her initial assessment and health history…
The population of the Netherlands is 17,084,467. In 2018 there were 119,923 new cancer cases; 63,910 male and 56,013 female and 47,286 deaths. The top three for men are prostate (19.9%), colorectum (13.3%) and lung (10.2%). For women it was breast (28.9%), colorectum (11.4%), and corpus uteri (3.7%).…
Customized Exercise Programming – Cervical Cancer Sharon received a referral for a client with invasive cervical cancer. She’s a physical therapist but has worked mostly with orthopedic patients. She recently became a Cancer Exercise Specialist and asked if she could hire me to help her with and teach…
Customized Exercise Programming - Pancreatic Cancer Will received a referral for a client with pancreatic cancer. He’s been a Cancer Exercise Specialist for three years, but this is his first client with pancreatic cancer. Although it was caught earlier than most, Will is unsure if he can…
Pancreatic cancer is the seventh leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. However, its toll is higher in more developed countries. Reasons for vast differences in mortality rates of pancreatic cancer are not completely clear yet, but it may be due to lack of appropriate diagnosis, treatment and cataloging…
Hormone therapy (also called hormonal therapy, hormone treatment, or endocrine therapy) slows or stops the growth of hormone-sensitive tumors by blocking the body’s ability to produce hormones or by interfering with effects of hormones on breast cancer cells. Tumors that are hormone insensitive do not have hormone receptors and do…
Cancer and Brain Fog According to the Mayo Clinic, chemo brain is a common term used by cancer survivors to describe thinking and memory problems that can occur during and after cancer treatment. Chemo brain can also be called chemo fog, cancer-related cognitive impairment or cognitive dysfunction. Though…
