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Sami (Papacek) Mansfield: Addressing the changing landscape of exercise oncology

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Oct 21, 2024, 08:55

Sami (Papacek) Mansfield: Addressing the changing landscape of exercise oncology

Sami (Papacek) Mansfield shared a post by Robert Newton, Professor of Exercise Medicine at Edith Cowan University, on LinkedIn, adding the following:

“Exercise oncology community! I completed this survey, and you should too! The average age of a cancer diagnosis is over 60 years, and we are all seeing younger and more deconditioned patients. We can make a change as we look upstream and try to get ahead of some of the cancer fallout that we all see coming!

Although I no longer have a clinical practice, as a consultant keeping a pulse on the population, recommendations, resources, and tools are essential to my work and to implementing this part of the lifestyle medicine pillars. I also enjoy completing surveys to learn from others, such as Robert Newton, who is also a mentor, to get a peek into his brain and see this work from a different lens! We can all learn!”

Quoting Robert Newton’s post:

“This post is for my Exercise Professional colleagues.

Are you currently working with adults aged 60+ or have experience doing so? We need your expertise for an important research study on ‘Current trends in resistance training for older adults’.

What’s Involved?
– A quick 10-15 minute online survey
– Completely **anonymous** participation

Why Participate?
– Help improve resistance training practices for older adults
– Share your valuable insights and shape the future of exercise science

Please use this link.

Your participation will make a difference!

Thank you. I really appreciate your consideration.”

Sami (Papacek) Mansfield is the founder of Cancer Wellness for Life. She’s been a certified cancer exercise specialist since 2003 and has dedicated her career to implementing evidence-based lifestyle education, resources and tools into cancer care for both the patients and the providers. She is also a Chair of Cancer Member Interest Group, at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and Breast Cancer Taskforce Co-Chair at Colorado Cancer Coalition.