{"id":793502,"date":"2026-10-06T07:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T07:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/793502\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T07:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T07:58:09","slug":"prostate-cancer-patients-say-exercise-programme-eased-fatigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/793502\/","title":{"rendered":"Prostate cancer patients say exercise programme &#8216;eased fatigue&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Men undergoing treatment for prostate cancer say an exercise programme has helped them overcome fatigue, regain strength and improve their quality of life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The free 24-week Cancer Activity Programme (CAP), offered by Nuffield Health in partnership with NHS trusts, supports men prescribed androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), used to slow prostate cancer growth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mike James, from Shirehampton, Bristol, said treatment left him feeling &#8220;weak and demoralised&#8221;, but the programme helped him regain his strength.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The scheme follows findings from Sheffield Hallam University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanonc\/article\/PIIS1470-2045(26)00304-9\/fulltext\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">STAMINA trial,, external<\/a> which found supervised exercise, dietary advice and behavioural support improved quality of life and reduced fatigue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This cancer activity programme was absolutely fantastic for me and it&#8217;s helped me get over my fatigue and get my strength back,&#8221; James said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Men undergoing treatment for prostate cancer say an exercise programme has helped them overcome fatigue, regain strength and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-793502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}