Cancer patients urged to swap vitamins for exercise

Cancer patients are turning to vitamin supplements instead of dramatically improving their chances of survival through exercise and losing weight, an expert has warned.

Cancer patients urged to swap vitamins for exercise

Professor Robert Thomas, an oncologist from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said more needed to be done to drive up survival rates and lower the side-effects of treatment through healthy eating, exercise and dropping pounds.

He said people were relying too much on vitamins and supplements, with little evidence they worked, rather than doing simple things like taking brisk walks.

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