Survivorship: Fatigue, Version 1.2014

Overview

Journal J Natl Compr Canc Netw

Specialty Oncology

Date 2014 Jun 14

PMID 24925198

Citations 16

Authors

Crystal S Denlinger

Jennifer A Ligibel

Madhuri Are

K Scott Baker

Wendy Demark-Wahnefried

Debra L Friedman

Mindy Goldman

Lee Jones

Allison King

Grace H Ku

Elizabeth Kvale

Terry S Langbaum

Kristin Leonardi-Warren

Mary S McCabe

Michelle Melisko

Jose G Montoya

Kathi Mooney

Mary Ann Morgan

Javid J Moslehi

Tracey OConnor

Linda Overholser

Electra D Paskett

Muhammad Raza

Karen L Syrjala

Susan G Urba

Mark T Wakabayashi

Phyllis Zee

Nicole McMillian

Deborah Freedman-Cass

Affiliations

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Abstract

Many cancer survivors report that fatigue is a disruptive symptom even after treatment ends. Persistent cancer-related fatigue affects quality of life, because individuals become too tired to fully participate in the roles and activities that make life meaningful. Identification and management of fatigue remains an unmet need for many cancer survivors. This section of the NCCN Guidelines for Survivorship provides screening, evaluation, and management recommendations for fatigue in survivors. Management includes education and counseling, physical activity, psychosocial interventions, and pharmacologic treatments.

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