INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF EXERCISE ONCOLOGY
Exercise is treatment. The evidence is already here.
ISEO exists to make exercise part of standard cancer care, from diagnosis through treatment, survivorship and palliation.
FOUNDED 2024
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OUR SOLUTION
A review of the 2024 ASCO meeting found that 19 of the 5,887 abstracts were on exercise or physical activity. As of 4 June 2024, there were 30,109 peer reviewed PubMed citations on exercise and cancer. That gap is the reason this society exists.
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Where research meets practice
OUR MISSION
From evidence to everyday care
The advancement of exercise oncology research and clinical practice spans foundation understanding of the mechanisms by which exercise suppresses cancer initiation, development and spread to implementation of exercise oncology into medical and supportive care.
Mechanisms
How exercise changes the body.
Exercise Prescription
Tailoring exercise to the individual patient.
Built For Practitioners
We are a multi-disciplinary society committed to advancing exercise oncology throughout the World.
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A young society, decades of evidence
Where the science meets standard care
OUR MISSION
ISEO works with researchers, clinicians and exercise professionals who want exercise treated as standard cancer care. The process is evidence first, not aspirational.
Exercise oncology has been extensively researched across multiple domains. The evidence is irrefutable as to the benefit for people with cancer.
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Abstracts accepted for presentation
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Talks in the webinar series
LATEST NEWS
3 September 2025
The CHALLENGE Trial: METs, Persistence, and Improved Survival
Read the abstract and watch the full recording from the ISEO webinar series.
3 September 2025
Exercise across the post-diagnosis cancer continuum
A new framework for studying exercise across the whole cancer care continuum.
3 September 2025
Early Career Edition, the Latest ISEO Webinar
Dr Helena Batatinha and Dr Jess Gorzelitz on exercise oncology, recorded 11 June 2026.
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