Physical exercise and radiotherapy

Breast cancer (BC) is the most prevalent cancer type in the UK, with one in seven women being diagnosed in their lifetime¹. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 2.3 million women were diagnosed with BC in 2020². While there has been a significant rise in the occurrence of BC over the past 20 years, the mortality rate has been reduced, in part, by the implementation of screening³.

Yet, although preventative measures provide clinical management before diagnosis, the quality of life (QoL) of BC patients during treatment is deteriorating⁴. QoL is defined by the WHO as “individuals’ perceptions of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and about their goals, expectations, standards and concerns”⁵. This encompasses aspects of an individual’s wellbeing, including physical health, psychological...