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Intensive exercise, which generates a high degree of shear stress, destroys circulating tumor cells. As a quirk of cancer cell biology, many types of metastatic cancer cells are vulnerable to shear stress created by blood flow itself. However, it's important to recognize that not all cancer cells are equally sensitive to mechanical stress. On the other hand, this isn't the only aspect of exercise that acts as a tool to hamper cancer cells. Even when focusing solely on the vascular system, exercise contributes to tumor vessel normalization. This can enhance the effectiveness of therapeutics by improving their access to tumors, illustrating how exercise can be a complementary therapeutic strategy even alongside other treatments. Nor is exercise a perfect solution: very active people do sometimes get cancer, obviously. But, for many of us, the fact that exercise can help and also be a tool of prevention can be a very empowering message.