Fatigue in Adult Survivors of Cancer
Key Points
Key Points
- Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a persistent, often overwhelming feeling of physical, mental, and/or emotional exhaustion and differs from fatigue caused by exertion since it is not necessarily relieved by rest or sleep.
- CRF can affect people with cancer at any stage of the disease and at any time in the cancer trajectory, from diagnosis through long-term survivorship.
- Prevalence estimates indicate that 30–60% of patients experience moderate to severe fatigue during treatment, and 20–30% continue to experience fatigue for months or years after treatment completion.
Treatment
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...commendation 1.5Clinicians may recommend psy...
...tion 1.6Clinicians may recommend A...
...ommendation 1.7Clinicians should not r...
...on 1.8Clinicians should not recommend L...
...on 1.9Clinicians should not routinely...
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...mendations After Active Cancer Treatment...
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...ation 2.1Clinicians should recommend exercise...
...2.2Clinicians should recommend CBT to manage...
...2.3Clinicians should recommend mindfulnes...
...endation 2.4Clinicians may recommend yoga to red...
....5Clinicians may recommend acupressure to mana...
...n 2.6Clinicians may recommend moxibust...
...commendation 2.7Clinicians should not recommend...
...mmendation 2.8Clinicians should not routi...
...ndationThere is insufficient or inconclusiv...
...Recommendations for Advanced Cancer or End of L...
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...ecommendation 3.2Clinicians may recommend co...
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...mendation 3.4Clinicians should not routi...
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