Despite an estimated one in eight Canadian women likely to get breast cancer in their lifetime, survival rates are high with 89 per cent living cancer-free at least five years after the initial diagnosis. Early recognition and better treatment are the most significant reasons why survival rates are so favourable. But study after study reports exercise also plays an important role in reducing the chances of breast cancer recurrence and mortality, with results suggesting up to a 40 per cent reduction in risk.

So strong is the link between improved survival rates and physical activity, exercise is considered an important component of any treatment plan. Admittedly, the weeks and months after diagnosis can be physically and emotionally gruelling, but with guidelines suggesting women be as act

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