{"title":"Exercise as a new therapeutic modality in oncology: CHALLENGE trial refines survivorship care","authors":"Justin Y. Jeon","doi":"10.1038/s41571-025-01071-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The landmark CHALLENGE trial has revealed that a 3-year structured, behaviourally supported exercise intervention substantially improves both disease-free and overall survival in patients with resected phase II–III colon cancer, marking a genuine paradigm shift in survivorship care. By demonstrating modification of the course of disease rather than merely symptom alleviation, these results elevate exercise from ancillary support to evidence-based therapy and should compel oncology teams to embed expert-guided exercise into routine care.","PeriodicalId":19079,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology","volume":"296 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41571-025-01071-5","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ONCOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The landmark CHALLENGE trial has revealed that a 3-year structured, behaviourally supported exercise intervention substantially improves both disease-free and overall survival in patients with resected phase II–III colon cancer, marking a genuine paradigm shift in survivorship care. By demonstrating modification of the course of disease rather than merely symptom alleviation, these results elevate exercise from ancillary support to evidence-based therapy and should compel oncology teams to embed expert-guided exercise into routine care.
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