Saturday, 3 March 2012

Fatigue is common complaint of patients with cancer.

2003 OCT 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new review finds clinicians rarely discuss fatigue with their patients, even though it has a significant impact on quality of life and effective treatments are available.

The literature review of cancer-related fatigue (CRF) will be published in the November 1, 2003, issue of Cancer and is the most up-to-date summary of current knowledge about CRF and its management and the areas of potential research. It is currently available online (www.interscience.wiley.com/cancer).

Until recently, fatigue has gone largely ignored by clinicians who were tackling more glaring and acute symptoms such as nausea and vomiting. The …

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