Grade B evidence also suggested that exercise may improve prostate cancer patients ' muscle mass , muscular strength , functional performance ( walking and sit to st and speed ) , as well as health-related , social and physical quality of life .
These effects appeared greater for group-rather than home-based-exercise , especially if these programs included resistance training .
CONTEXT Prostate cancer patients , especially those on and rogen deprivation therapy ( ADT ) , experience many symptoms that make it difficult to maintain their independence and quality of life .
Because ADT acts by means of reducing testosterone production , exercise may offset many of the ADT side effects and those of the cancer itself .
OBJECTIVES This systematic review of the literature evaluates whether exercise could reduce symptoms and improve quality of life for prostate cancer patients .
Skeletal fractures negatively correlate with overall survival in men with prostate cancer.
PURPOSE We assessed the correlation of skeletal fracture with survival in men with prostate cancer on chronic and rogen suppressive therapy .  MATERIAL S AND METHODS A total of 195 consecutive patients on chronic and rogen suppression for prostate cancer were evaluated for the history and type of skeletal fracture . Correlation with overall survival was performed via multivariate analysis . RESULTS Of these 195 men 24 reported skeletal fracture since the diagnosis of prostate cancer . Median overall survival was 121 and 160 months in men without and with a history of skeletal fracture since the diagnosis of prostate cancer , respectively ( p = 0.04 ) . A history of skeletal fracture was retained as a negative predictor of survival on forward stepwise regression analysis ( RR = 7.4 , p = 0.007 ) . CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that skeletal fracture in patients with prostate cancer is an independent and adverse predictor of survival . Consideration for screening men at greatest risk via bone mineral density measurements and initiating empirical skeletal therapies ( bisphosphonates , estrogens and so forth ) may be warranted . This recommendation awaits validation through prospect i ve r and omized trials
Grade B evidence also suggested that exercise may improve prostate cancer patients ' muscle mass , muscular strength , functional performance ( walking and sit to st and speed ) , as well as health-related , social and physical quality of life .
These effects appeared greater for group-rather than home-based-exercise , especially if these programs included resistance training .
CONTEXT Prostate cancer patients , especially those on and rogen deprivation therapy ( ADT ) , experience many symptoms that make it difficult to maintain their independence and quality of life .
Because ADT acts by means of reducing testosterone production , exercise may offset many of the ADT side effects and those of the cancer itself .
OBJECTIVES This systematic review of the literature evaluates whether exercise could reduce symptoms and improve quality of life for prostate cancer patients .