Combating Cancer with Tailored Workouts.

• Position: EXERCISE - American Council on Exercise's Cancer Exercise Specialist program - Brief article

Some 38.5% of people will be diagnosed with some form of cancer in their lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Md., resulting in a need for exercise programs designed to address the specific symptoms and struggles cancer patients and survivors experience on a daily basis.

To bring comprehensive and safe exercise-recovery programs to people at all stages of cancer recovery--from diagnosis and treatment to reconstruction and survivorship)--the

American Council on Exercise, San Diego, Calif., has launched the Cancer Exercise Specialist initiative, authored by Andrea Leonard, founder and president of the Cancer Exercise Training Institute, Portland, Ore.

The American Cancer...