Is it ethical today not to prescribe physical exercise in the gynaecology oncology consultation?

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Blanca Segarra Vidal
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3203-0725

Abstract

If you have been diagnosed with cancer you can and should exercise. If you treat cancer patients you can and should prescribe exercise.

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Segarra Vidal, B. (2024). Is it ethical today not to prescribe physical exercise in the gynaecology oncology consultation?. Physical Activity, Exercise and Cancer, 1(1), 31–34. https://doi.org/10.61486/ICFZ7853
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Letter to the Editor
Author Biography

Blanca Segarra Vidal, General University Hospital of Castellón

Gynaecology Service.

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