Lung Cancer patients should exercise to get fit as a report by Australian researchers reveals that non-small cell lung cancer patients might get benefited from exercise.

Catherine L. Granger, a PhD candidate of University of Melbourne and her colleagues, have conducted the research work that includes 675 patients. She said that exercise is known to be safe and linked with improvement in fitness and quality but the type of exercises that are best for the lung cancer patients is yet to be determined.

Studies found increase in exercise capacity among patients, before and after treatment with preoperative exercise but there was no positive change in health related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients.

Meanwhile, the two chemotherapy drugs, Erlotinib and Gefitinib, are found to be extremely effective in treatment of patients with advanced non small-cell lung cancer. The drugs stop the activation of EGFR that is responsible for cell survival and growth and also restricts metastasis and blood supply.

Oncologist Vince D. Cataldo from Lousiana State University feels that these drugs should be used in first-line treatment of lung cancer patients instead of second and third-line treatment.

The drugs are taken orally and have lesser side effects.