Breast Cancer and Fatigue - 08/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.jsmc.2007.10.011
Wayne A. Bardwell, PhD, MBA a, b, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD a, b, c, ⁎ 
a Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
b Moores University of California San Diego, Cancer Center, 3855 Health Sciences Drive #0658, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
c Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, 3500 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
Corresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, 116A, VASDHS, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161.Abstract |
Fatigue is a common and disabling symptom in patients who have breast cancer and in breast cancer survivors. A rather nebulous concept, fatigue overlaps with sleepiness and depressed mood. This article addresses methods for assessing fatigue; describes the occurrence of fatigue before, during, and after initial treatment; presents possible underlying mechanisms of fatigue; and enumerates approaches to its treatment.
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| This work was supported by NCI CA112035, NCI CA85264, CBCRP 11GB-0049, CBCRP 11IB-0034, NIA AG08415, M01 RR00827, the Research Service of the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System; Lance Armstrong Foundation, and Susan G. Komen Foundation POP0504026. |
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