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What do astronauts and cancer patients have in common?

Jonathan explores this fascinating connection with Dr. Jessica Scott, learning how six decades of NASA research is being used to help the recovery of cancer survivors. New research challenges the traditional notion that you should rest during cancer treatment. Instead, Jessica’s studies into exercise could hold the key to a long and healthy life postdiagnosis.

Dr Jessica Scott started her career at NASA where she spent 7 years designing exercise programs for astronauts in outer space. Now, as the principal investigator at the worldleading Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, she is using her unique skillset in the fight against cancer.

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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
01:25 Quickfire questions
02:32 Health challenges for astronauts
08:03 Impact of exercise on astronauts
11:43 NASA’s exercise program
15:37 Transition to cancer research
16:48 Exercise and cancer treatment
18:21 Side effects of cancer treatments
26:20 Studies on the benefit of exercising alongside cancer treatment
29:33 Tailoring exercise to the individual
31:14 Global perspectives on exercising alongside cancer treatment
33:00 Understanding different types of exercise
36:40 Implementing NASA's nonlinear exercise training techniques
44:18 The next steps for Jessica’s research
45:59 Episode summary

Studies related to today’s episode:
Cancer Survivorship Statistics from The National Cancer Institute https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/ocs/...

Multisystem Toxicity in Cancer: Lessons from NASA’s Countermeasures Program from The National Library of Medicine https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

A randomised trial comparing the effects of moderate versus moderate to highintensity aerobic training in women with operable breast cancer from The National Library of Medicine https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Effects of exercise countermeasures on multisystem function in long duration spaceflight astronauts from The National Library of Medicine https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Cancer Survivors: The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) Study from The National Library of Medicine https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35772...

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