Following the recent publication of the Challenge Trial (Colon Health and Lifelong Exercise Change), the Cancer Working Group of the Europe Region of World Physiotherapy organised a webinar analysing the study and evaluating the significance of its findings.

The event, which took place on Tuesday 25 November 2025, grabbed the attention of more than 300 physiotherapists all over the world.

If you were unable to attend or would like to watch it again, the recording is now available on our YouTube channel!

The webinar presented the Challenge Trial, its results, and the clinical implications for cancer care. A landmark conducted in patients with stage III or high-risk stage II colon cancer who had undergone surgery and completed adjuvant chemotherapy. 

The Challenge Trial demonstrated that structured exercise significantly reduces the risk of colon cancer recurrence and improves disease-free survival, with benefits comparable to those of some pharmacological treatments. 

These results, published in the prestigious New England Medicine Journal (NEMJ), confirm exercise as a true form of medicine in cancer care. 

The webinar reinforced the central role of physiotherapists in delivering evidence-based exercise interventions across the cancer care continuum. 

Here you can find the full report!: Structured Exercise after Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer.

Here you can access more materials and work from the Europe Region of World Physiotherapy on cancer care:

https://www.erwcpt.eu/cancer

The Europe Region would like to thank the members of the Cancer WG for their participation in the event:

Michele Cannone | Chair of the Cancer WG - Europe Region of World Physiotherapy

Nele Adriaenssens | Member of the Cancer WG - Europe Region of World Physiotherapy

Gráinne Sheill | Member of the Cancer WG - Europe Region of World Physiotherapy

Nirit Rotem | Member of the Cancer WG - Europe Region of World Physiotherapy