Magnitude of fatigue in cancer patients receiving radiotherapy and its short term effect on quality of life

MG Janaki, AR Kadam, S Mukesh… - Journal of Cancer …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background: Fatigue is one of the most common, ongoing symptoms reported by patients
undergoing radiotherapy and has profound effects on the quality of life. Aims: This study …

Fatigue and its determinants in radio-oncology

C Brix, C Schleussner, J Fueller, B Röhrig… - Psychotherapie …, 2008 - europepmc.org
Background Fatigue is a common symptom among cancer patients, influencing their quality
of life. The primary goal of his study was to identify parameters influencing fatigue, both prior …

Radiotherapy-related fatigue: How to assess and how to treat the symptom. A commentary

BA Jereczek-Fossa, HR Marsiglia… - Tumori …, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Acute and chronic radiotherapy-related fatigue occurs in up to 80% and 30%, respectively,
of patients undergoing irradiation for cancer. Frequently, the symptom is not expected by the …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of fatigue among cancer patients receiving various anticancer therapies and its impact on quality of life: a cross-sectional study

G Karthikeyan, D Jumnani, R Prabhu… - Indian Journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Fatigue is disabling and continuous phenomenon in cancer patients during
and after various anticancer treatments which can continue for many years after treatment …

Fatigue and radiotherapy:(A) experience in patients undergoing treatment

EMA Smets, MRM Visser, A Willems-Groot… - British journal of …, 1998 - nature.com
Cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy frequently report fatigue. However, knowledge of
the importance of fatigue for these patients and of the factors associated with their fatigue is …

Frequency, severity, clinical course, and correlates of fatigue in 372 patients during 5 weeks of radiotherapy for cancer

JT Hickok, JA Roscoe, GR Morrow, K Mustian… - Cancer, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Patients often describe fatigue as the most distressing of the symptoms they
experienced during their cancer treatment. Fatigue may increase from initial levels …

Radiotherapy-related fatigue

BA Jereczek-Fossa, HR Marsiglia… - Critical reviews in oncology …, 2002 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy-induced fatigue is a common early and chronic side-effect of irradiation,
reported in up to 80 and 30% of patients during radiation therapy and at follow-up visits …

Fatigue during head-and-neck radiotherapy: prospective study on 117 consecutive patients

BA Jereczek-Fossa, L Santoro, D Alterio… - International Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Purpose: Fatigue is an underevaluated cancer-related and treatment-related symptom. We
analyzed fatigue in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT). Methods …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of radiotherapy treatment on Jordanian cancer patients' quality of life and fatigue

KA Obead, AM Batiha, MS Al-Jauissy… - International Journal of …, 2014 - academia.edu
Background: The distressing treatment of cancer whether chemotherapy or radiotherapy is
associated with fatigue and has negative impact on patient quality of life (QOL). Objectives …

[图书][B] Fatigue in cancer treatment-assessment, course and etiology

H Knobel - 2007 - ntnuopen.ntnu.no
Aims. The major aims of the present work were to increase the understanding of cancer
related fatigue with respect to assessment methodology, frequency and possible etiology …