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Breast Cancer
Case definition approach is proposed to define cancer-related fatigue syndrome
December 1st, 2005
A case definition approach is proposed to define cancer related fatigue syndrome in women undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy. Scientists in the United States used "a proposed case-definition approach to identify the prevalence of cancer-related fatigue (CRF), demographic, clinical and psychosocial predictors of subsequent CRF, and psychosocial factors associated with concurrent CRF. Women (n=288) undergoing adjuvant therapy for early-stage breast cancer were recruited from two outpatient clinics." "Women completed a baseline assessment before adjuvant therapy and a post-treatment assessment at the conclusion of an initial course of adjuvant...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-01)
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