CAPhO 2024 Plenary: Impact of Exercise on Cancer Outcomes and How This Can Inform Supportive Care in Canada

In 2019, updated international exercise guidelines for people living with and beyond cancer were published. With this there are increasing calls to implement exercise programming as part of standard of cancer care.  However, to support the call for implementation there is interest in understanding the effect of exercise on clinical outcomes, such as survival or treatment completion rate, as well as evidence of savings to the health care system.  This talk will highlight the available evidence for effect of exercise on clinical outcomes, and discuss implementation efforts nationally and internationally, including how the oncology pharmacy team can play a role.  

Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize the current recommendations for exercise manage common side effects of cancer treatment
2. Describe the research literature on the impact of exercise on survival outcomes, treatment completion rate, healthcare utilization and other clinical outcomes. 
3. Explain the current approach of supportive care in Canada to help to address these clinical outcomes
4. Examine the potential of the pharmacy in oncology team members to assist with connecting patients to supportive care resources in their area