Endocrine and immune responses to resistance training in prostate cancer patients

ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of 20 weeks resistance training on a range of serum hormones and inflammatory markers at rest, and following acute bouts of exercise in prostate

cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation. Ten patients exercised twice weekly at high intensity for several upper and lower-body muscle groups. Neither testosterone nor

prostate-specific antigen changed at rest or following an acute bout of exercise. However, serum growth hormone (GH), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-_α_

and differential blood leukocyte counts increased (_P_<0.05) following acute exercise. Resistance exercise does not appear to compromise testosterone suppression, and acute elevations in

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U Newton * School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia D A Galvão, K Nosaka, M R McGuigan & R U Newton * School

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initiative KEYWORDS * androgen antagonists * testosterone * inflammation * exercise