New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- The study is published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. Although physical activity has been shown to lessen various types of pain, its effects on cancer-related pain are unclear. To investigate, a team led by senior author Erika Rees-Punia, PhD, MPH, of the American Cancer Society, and first author Christopher T.V. Swain, PhD, of the University of Melbourne, in Australia, analyzed information pertaining to 51,439 adults without a history of cancer and 10,651 adults with a past cancer diagnosis. Participants were asked, "How would you rate your pain on average,"
with responses ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable). Participants were also asked about th...