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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...n 1.2Clinicians should recommend cognitiv...
...commendation 1.3Clinicians should re...
...commendation 1.4Clinicians should recommend tai ch...
....5Clinicians may recommend psychoeducation...
...ion 1.6Clinicians may recommend American ginseng...
....7Clinicians should not recommend wakef...
....8Clinicians should not recommend L-carn...
...mendation 1.9Clinicians should not routinel...
...mmendation 1.10Clinicians should not re...
...ommendationThere is insufficient evidence to m...
...ary of Recommendations After Active Cancer...
...e following recommendations (strong or...
...ndation 2.1Clinicians should recom...
...ion 2.2Clinicians should recommend CBT to mana...
...on 2.3Clinicians should recommend mindfulness-ba...
...ation 2.4Clinicians may recommend y...
...mendation 2.5Clinicians may recommend acupressure...
...endation 2.6Clinicians may recommen...
...dation 2.7Clinicians should not recommend wakef...
...on 2.8Clinicians should not routinely recomm...
...ationThere is insufficient or inconclusive ev...
Summary of Recommendations for Advanced Cancer o...
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...ommendation 3.1Clinicians may recomme...
....2Clinicians may recommend corticosteroids to...
...3.3Clinicians should not recommend wakefuln...
...commendation 3.4Clinicians should not...
...ationThere is insufficient evidence to make re...
...ASCO believes that cancer clinical trials are vi...