Cancer

Researchers' work from University of Jena focuses on cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, October 2nd, 2007

"The primary goal of the study was to determine if resilience influences fatigue in a consecutive sample of cancer patients treated with radiotherapy (RT) at the beginning and at the end of the treatment. Out of an initial sample of 250 patients, 239 could be assessed at the beginning of their RT," scientists in Jena, Germany report.

"Two hundred and eight patients were reassessed at the end of RT 4-8 weeks later. Measures comprised the Resilience Scale (RS), the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI), and the SF-12 as a measure of health related Quality of Life (QoL). Medical data were continuously registered. Results As hypothesized, the sample revealed higher...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-10-02)

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