(Adnkronos) - È Palermo la città che Sabato 26 ottobre ha ospitato la terza tappa del CardioBreast Dragon Boat Festival, l'iniziativa dell’Istituto nazionale di ricerche cardiovascolari (Inrc), in collaborazione con la Federazione italiana Dragon Boat e il contributo incondizionato di Daiichi Sankyo Italia, che celebra lo sport come strumento di prevenzione cardiovascolare e oncologica per tutti, e soprattutto come percorso di rinascita per le donne che hanno affrontato una diagnosi di cancro al seno.
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00:00On Saturday, October 26, Palermo hosted the third stage of the CardioBrest DragonBot Festival,
00:11the initiative of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Research, in collaboration
00:16with the Italian Federation DragonBot and the unconditional contribution of Deici Sancti Italia,
00:21which celebrates sport as an instrument of cardiovascular prevention for everyone
00:25and above all as a path of rebirth for women who face breast cancer.
00:30DragonBot is now a point of reference for the municipal administration.
00:36We already did it in June with an important demonstration that we supported and that went very well.
00:42We are also doing it today with this other initiative.
00:47I always compliment the organizers because with DragonBot what do you do?
00:52You do sport, but you also do prevention, you make the link between sport and health,
00:58which is essential for those who want to do activities and above all for the administration
01:03that wants to support initiatives like this.
01:06These days are extremely important because they are initiatives that aim to sensitize
01:14prevention, especially breast cancer, and above all they lead us,
01:19of course, to reiterate some important concepts.
01:22Today breast cancer is certainly the most common neoplasia in women.
01:27Every year there are about 55,000 new cases, but it is important to know that with secondary
01:35prevention it allows us to do early diagnosis and this allows women to have a high probability
01:42of healing.
01:44What I also wanted to emphasize is the importance of primary prevention, that is, to try to
01:50eliminate, to reduce as much as possible all those risk factors that allow us to reduce
01:56the incidence of this disease.
01:58And certainly among these risk factors, in addition to a healthy diet and the correct
02:04habits of life, there is sports activity.
02:07Physically active people have the risk, and these data are now present in the literature,
02:13of reducing the incidence of the disease by almost 25%.
02:17And this is fundamental, because reiterating that physical activity is important represents
02:25a crucial moment in the choice of how people live.
02:31More than an indication, it must have its own oncological prescription, as well as
02:38the treatments, which very often have an efficacy far superior to those that can be
02:43the most active oncological treatments.
02:45The Naval League in Renella hosted a friendly race between DragonBot teams, made up of women
02:51operated on breast tumors.
02:53And during the demonstration, an INRC camper was available to the spectators and fans
02:58for free cardiological visits, with checks of the heart function, electrocardiogram,
03:04pressure monitoring, saturation monitoring and lipid control.
03:09The DragonBot sport, mainly with its rhythmic paddling, favors and improves the cardio-circulatory,
03:22respiratory, metabolic, but also the tone of humor, because we work together.
03:28And so it is very important in the therapeutic and rehabilitation path of these women who
03:33have undergone a breast tumor operation, because it prevents, as McKenzie said,
03:39who is a doctor of sport at the University of Columbia, that it prevents the risk of
03:44the formation of lymphedema in the artery, especially if there has been an absolute
03:48cavocellar.
03:49So, in addition to the physical rehabilitation that women have from this sport, there is also
03:55a psychological rehabilitation, because they work together, cooperate, form a brotherhood
04:02and therefore improve the tone of humor and therefore the possibility of facing all the
04:07daily activities of life in the best way.