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Surgeon Advocates Exercise as Key to Cancer Care

7/7/2025

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Surgeon Hassan R. Hashmi from Las Vegas is championing structured exercise as a vital component of cancer care. Following insights from the CHALLENGE trial, which reveals that post-colon cancer treatment exercise boosts survival rates, he calls on the medical community to integrate fitness into oncology practices for better patient outcomes.

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Surgeon Hassan R. Hashmi from Las Vegas is championing structured exercise as a vital component of cancer care. Following insights from the CHALLENGE trial, which reveals that post-colon cancer treatment exercise boosts survival rates, he calls on the medical community to integrate fitness into oncology practices for better patient outcomes.