ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at the value of physical activity in the prevention and management of prostate cancer. A systematic review noted that early studies were retrospective; two reports found an association between heavy occupational work and the risk of prostate cancer, and a third report found an increased risk among those who had once been enrolled in university athletic teams. Exercise programmes also play an important role in management following the successful treatment of prostate cancers by androgen deprivation therapy and/or surgery. Given the practical importance of containing prostate cancer, many further investigations have now looked at the preventive value of regular physical activity. Patterns of recent leisure activity could theoretically be ascertained by interview or by the use of a personal monitor such as an accelerometer, but because large number of subjects has been involved in many studies of prostate cancer, recourse has usually been to physical activity questionnaires.
