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Exercise improves drug-associated joint pain in breast cancer survivors

2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS)

9 - 11 Dec 2013

Published: 16 Dec 2013

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Prof Melinda Irwin - Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, USA

Breast cancer survivors taking aromatase inhibitors (AIs) such as anastrozole, letrozole, and exemestane experienced a reduction in joint pain if they exercised while on treatment, according to results presented at the 2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium ( SABCS ).

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