Cancer-Related Fatigue: Causes and Current Treatment Options

Opinion statement Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a problem for a significant proportion of cancer survivors during and after active cancer treatment. However, CRF is underdiagnosed and undertreated. Interventions are available for CRF although there is no gold standard. Based on current level of ev...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current treatment options in oncology 2020-02, Vol.21 (2), p.17, Article 17
Hauptverfasser:	Thong, Melissa S.Y., van Noorden, Cornelis J. F., Steindorf, Karen, Arndt, Volker
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Factors Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - adverse effects Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use Cancer Cancer Survivors Clinical Decision-Making Combined Modality Therapy Comorbidity Disease Management Disease Susceptibility Exercise Fatigue Fatigue - diagnosis Fatigue - epidemiology Fatigue - etiology Fatigue - therapy Humans Medicine & Public Health Neoplasms - complications Neoplasms - diagnosis Neoplasms - epidemiology Oncology Palliative and Supportive Care (MP Davis Palliative and Supportive Care (MP Davis, Section Editor) Prevalence Radiotherapy - adverse effects Radiotherapy - methods Risk Factors Section Editor Survivorship Topical Collection on Palliative and Supportive Care Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Opinion statement Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a problem for a significant proportion of cancer survivors during and after active cancer treatment. However, CRF is underdiagnosed and undertreated. Interventions are available for CRF although there is no gold standard. Based on current level of evidence, exercise seems to be most effective in preventing or ameliorating CRF during the active- and posttreatment phases.
ISSN:	1527-2729 1534-6277 1534-5277
DOI:	10.1007/s11864-020-0707-5