And that's not all: sport also strengthens the muscles in cancer patients and helps to combat the debilitating fatigue that many patients suffer from. All of this together confirms that exercise and sport are just as important during and after cancer as drug therapy. Experts therefore focus on both aspects of treatment.

Sport for cancer: a new model project aims to make people more active

Patients who were already more active before their illness find it easier to motivate themselves. Those who are reluctant to exercise, on the other hand, find it more difficult. For this reason, a pilot project has now been launched at the Cancer Center at the University of Dresden in cooperation with the National Center for Tumor Diseases in Heidelberg. Cancer patients who have completed their treatment are taking part. The "Active in Aftercare" motivation program aims to find out how people who are reluctant to exercise manage to integrate more sport into their everyday lives after cancer in the long term. Once it has been established how well this works, this program could be offered throughout Germany in the near future.