The result of this project are good news for people with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). It shows that they can experience a better quality of life with less fatigue, pain and other disease symptoms and treatment side-effects if they take part in a supervised exercise programme as part of their treatment. Although people with MBC cannot currently be cured of their disease, they can live for many months or years, so ensuring they have the best possible quality of life is vital. Based on these research findings, supervised exercise for patients with MBC – particularly those who are experiencing pain – is recommended as part of their standard care.
As part of the PREFERABLE project, we have developed a brochure and recommendations based on the outcomes of the study.
to go to the brochure and read more about our study set-up, outcomes, and what they mean for patients with MBC.
to go to the recommendations and read more about how we recommend implementing exercise for patients with MBC.