Fatigue and proinflammatory cytokine activity in breast cancer survivors

JE Bower, PA Ganz, N Aziz, JL Fahey - Psychosomatic medicine, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Objective Fatigue is a common problem among cancer patients and survivors, yet the
mechanisms underlying the occurrence and persistence of this symptom are not known …

Inflammatory biomarkers for persistent fatigue in breast cancer survivors

A Collado-Hidalgo, JE Bower, PA Ganz, SW Cole… - Clinical cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Purpose: This study seeks to define immunologic and inflammatory variables associated
with persistent post-treatment fatigue in breast cancer survivors. Experimental Design …

Inflammatory responses to psychological stress in fatigued breast cancer survivors: relationship to glucocorticoids

JE Bower, PA Ganz, N Aziz, R Olmstead… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Fatigue is a common problem following cancer treatment and our previous studies suggest
that a chronic inflammatory process might contribute to cancer-related fatigue. However …

T-cell homeostasis in breast cancer survivors with persistent fatigue

JE Bower, PA Ganz, N Aziz, JL Fahey… - Journal of the National …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Approximately 30% of women successfully treated for breast cancer suffer persistent fatigue
of unknown origin. Recent studies linking inflammatory processes to central nervous system …

Higher levels of fatigue are associated with higher CRP levels in disease-free breast cancer survivors

IJ Orre, KV Reinertsen, P Aukrust, AA Dahl… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the associations between level of fatigue and various potential
inflammatory biomarkers for fatigue after multivariate adjustments for possible confounders …

Altered cortisol response to psychologic stress in breast cancer survivors with persistent fatigue

JE Bower, PA Ganz, N Aziz - Psychosomatic medicine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Fatigue is one of the most common and distressing symptoms experienced by
cancer patients and survivors. However, the etiology of cancer-related fatigue has not been …

Depressive symptoms and inflammation are independent risk factors of fatigue in breast cancer survivors

C Xiao, AH Miller, J Felger, D Mister, T Liu… - Psychological …, 2017 - cambridge.org
BackgroundPsychosocial and inflammatory factors have been associated with fatigue in
breast cancer survivors. Nevertheless, the relative contribution and/or interaction of these …

Diurnal cortisol rhythm and fatigue in breast cancer survivors

JE Bower, PA Ganz, SS Dickerson, L Petersen… - …, 2005 - Elsevier
Approximately 30% of breast cancer survivors report persistent fatigue of unknown origin.
We have previously shown that cancer-related fatigue is associated with alterations in …

Cancer related fatigue: a focus on breast cancer and Hodgkin's disease survivors

PA Ganz, JE Bower - Acta oncologica, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Background and Purpose. Fatigue is one of the most common and troubling symptoms in
cancer survivors. In this paper we review information about cancer related fatigue in …

Fatigue in breast cancer survivors: occurrence, correlates, and impact on quality of life

JE Bower, PA Ganz, KA Desmond… - Journal of clinical …, 2000 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: To describe the occurrence of fatigue in a large sample of breast cancer
survivors relative to general population norms and to identify demographic, medical, and …