Georgia-based eye doctor and cancer researcher Dr Lauren Yancey has revealed a specific type of exercise that can dramatically increase survival chances following a diagnosis of cancer e
Georgia-based doctor reveals activity all patients should engage in if they can. Muscle mass is a major predictor of survival after cancer treatment, she says. READ MORE:Around 40 percent of Americans will undergo cancer treatment at some point in their lifetime.
Dr Lauren Yancey, an eye surgeon based at the Georgia vision Institute who researches cancer-related vision loss, has explained the one activity that can bolster the body before treatment, drastically improving the chance of survival. She adds that, in her experience, when people are diagnosed with cancer they like to focus on a factor they can be 'proactive' about that may help increase their prognosis.
'We know that chemotherapy drugs deplete skeletal muscle. If you don't start with a good muscle mass, you're already starting with your tank on zero.
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