Abstract

Exercise for Cancer Prevention

Routine physical activity is associated with reductions in the incidence of specific cancers, in particular, colon and breast cancer. Physically active men and women can expect a relative risk reduction of colon and breast cancer respectively of approximately 30% compared to their inactive counterparts. Moreover, in cancer patients (breast and colon), regular physical activity is associated with a decrease recurrence of cancer and risk of death from cancer.

Nearly 50% of adult Canadians are physically inactive, and physical inactivity is a major modifiable risk factor for not only cancers of the breast and colon but also diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, obesity, depression and many chronic diseases. In this presentation, Dr. Amani Golshani, an expert in health promotion and disease prevention through exercise and nutrition, will present the data on the beneficial effects of physical activity for cancer prevention and show how participants can incorporate regular physical activity in their busy lives.

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About Dr. Amani Golshani

Dr. Amani Golshani immigrated from Iran to Toronto, Canada, at the age of 7. She graduated from the University of North Carolina, U.S., as a Morehead Scholar and completed medical school at the University of Toronto in 1998.

Dr. Amani Golshani is an expert in health promotion and disease prevention through physical activity and healthy nutrition, cosmetic medicine and women’s health. She has been the Champion Physician for Active Living for the province of Ontario since 2003, and is a regular speaker and presenter on physical activity, nutrition and anti-aging non-surgical treatments.

Dr. Amani Golshani has been in community, private practice since 2000, and is the clinical director of her multidisciplinary clinic Avicenna Health Centre in Toronto, working mainly with women from Iranian and other ethnic backgrounds. She is a certified aerobics instructor, scuba diver and has embarked on a rock climbing and mountaineering expedition in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Her particular passions are discovering the joys of exercise with her daughter Ariana and teaching people how exercise is the best medicine.

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