from JAMA Oncology
The association between cardiorespiratory
fitness and cardiovascular disease is wellestablished,
but a new study from the
journal JAMA Oncology suggests men with
a high level of fitness in midlife may enjoy a
fifty-five percent lower risk of lung cancer
and a forty-four percent lower risk of
colorectal cancer. The study of nearly
fourteen thousand men did not show a
similar benefit from a high level of fitness in
midlife and the risk of getting prostate
cancer. However, a high level of fitness
appears to put men at a one-third lower
risk of death if they are diagnosed with
cancer, including prostate cancer, when
they are older. University of Vermont
researchers say this is the first study, to
their knowledge, to show cardiorespiratory
fitness is predictive of specific types of
cancer as well as risk of death from cancer.