Exercise during chemotherapy and radiotherapy

Overview

• Lung cancer: Asthma + Lung UK says lung function tests and scans do not always show how breathless you feel, because the way you breathe, your lifestyle and how you think and feel about breathing all affect breathlessness, and that breathing techniques and changing position can be learned. Cancer Research UK says walking and stairs are easier with breathing control, to match your breathing to your steps, to avoid holding your breath when climbing or bending, and to breathe out on effort (blow as you go).
• Lymphoma: Lymphoma Action's exercise material and its fatigue material point the same way, treating graded activity as a treatment for fatigue rather than something to attempt once the fatigue has lifted, and its late effects page lists regular suitable exercise among the things that lower the long-term risks of heart problems and thin bones.