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diagnosis have lower rates of recurrence and death compared with sedentary individuals. A growing number of exercise intervention studies show that increased physical activity after diagnosis leads to improvements in quality of life, fatigue, and body image

, available online, in this article, at www.JNCCN.org ) Nausea and Vomiting Management Barriers Questionnaire (NVMBQ) were developed using the Fatigue Management Barriers Questionnaire (FMBQ) 16 as a template. Patient-related barriers to communicating about

-related AEs (TRAEs) included fatigue, pneumonitis, rash, and dyspnea. Among the 119 cisplatin-ineligible patients in cohort 1 who received atezolizumab in the first-line setting, there was an ORR of 23% (95% CI, 16–31) and a CR of 9%, with durable responses

-report was considered totally invalid,” explained Dr. Holland. To begin to measure subjective symptoms, validated, quantitative tools were developed in the 1970s and 1980s. Scales focused on items such as health-related quality of life, pain, fatigue

show superiority. The toxicities differed between arms; more grade 3/4 thrombocytopenia (23.3% vs 5.6%), anemia (14.5% vs 2.7%), and fatigue (10.9% vs 5.0%) were seen in the pemetrexed group, whereas more grade 3/4 neutropenia (40.6% vs 25.8%), febrile

performed. He was asymptomatic, without palpable adenopathy or organomegaly, and was monitored expectantly during the next 5 years, remaining free of symptoms or hematologic abnormalities. By August 2009 he developed mild fatigue, cervical lymphadenopathy

trajectory, with an impact on multiple functional domains and a deleterious effect on overall quality of life. 48 Improving sleep outcomes is significantly related to improvements in quality of life and reduced daytime fatigue. 49 Data also suggest an

intensity as part of routine cancer care. Poor adherence to exercise interventions is a major barrier to achieving the optimal benefits of exercise. 13 – 16 The presence of symptoms related to cancer and its treatments, including fatigue, depression

1 or 2 toxicities included nausea, anorexia, dysphagia, dehydration, esophagitis, fatigue, constipation, and pain. Grade 3 toxicities included nausea, hyperglycemia, anemia, and leukopenia. One patient had grade 4 toxicity of hyponatremia. One

assessment of MPN-related symptom burden was captured using the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Anemia (FACT-An). The most common symptoms were significant fatigue (81%), pruritus (53%), night sweats (49%), bone