quality of life (QoL), including fatigue, pain, breathlessness, muscle weakness, and peripheral neuropathy, 11 , 12 which can negatively impact work, social, and familial roles. 13 Research has shown patients with MM experience greater symptom burden and
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patient-reported distress might correlate with disease activity, given that it reflects how patients are feeling, perhaps beyond what is measurable in routine laboratory assessments (eg, fatigue is known to correlate poorly with hemoglobin levels). 12
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functioning of elderly cancer patients prior to diagnosis and following initial treatment . Nurs Res 2001 ; 50 : 222 – 232 . 23 Deimling GT Bowman KF Wagner LJ . The effects of cancer-related pain and fatigue on functioning of older adult, long
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interview (≥55 vs <55 years); (2) residence (urban/nonurban); (3) ET plan (yes/no); current symptoms, including (4) fatigue, (5) hot flashes, and (6) vaginal dryness (yes/no); (7) time since diagnosis (months); and (8) discharge status (cancer center
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-related complications, including second malignant neoplasms (SMNs), cardiovascular disease (CVD), ototoxicity, neurotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, pulmonary toxicity, hypogonadism, infertility, anxiety, depression, cognitive impairment, and chronic cancer-related fatigue
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Odors 24 Fatigue 25 , 26 Pain 27 , 28 Constipation 27 Unfortunately, patients with cervical cancer, because of its association with low socioeconomic status, are often without the extensive social and clinical supportive services that are
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fatigue (n=22), nausea (n=14), anorexia (n=9), and thrombocytopenia (n=7) ( Table 3 ). Grade 3 toxicities were fatigue (n=3), thrombocytopenia (n=1), neutropenia (n=3), hypertension (n=1), and decreased white blood cell count (n=1). Two patients
Gabrielle B. Rocque, Richard A. Taylor, Aras Acemgil, Xuelin Li, Maria Pisu, Kelly Kenzik, Bradford E. Jackson, Karina I. Halilova, Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Karen Meneses, Yufeng Li, Michelle Y. Martin, Carol Chambless, Nedra Lisovicz, Mona Fouad, Edward E. Partridge, Elizabeth A. Kvale, and the Patient Care Connect Group
distress at initial assessment were pain (408 of 5,254 cases reporting a cause of distress), balance/mobility difficulties (404 cases), and fatigue (399 cases; Figure 2A ). This breakdown was similar for formal and informal DTs. Patients with distress
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, occupational and social aspects of relevance) and social functioning, 6 , 8 and less fatigue 5 , 6 , 8 in CRC survivors. However, most studies used a cross-sectional study design, and to the best of our knowledge, no study has investigated whether a change
Meagan S. Whisenant, Faith A. Strunk, Debasish Tripathy, and Loretta A. Williams
. Fatigue and distress were described by most women regardless of treatment, whereas arm swelling was reported only by women who had undergone surgery, and skin changes were reported primarily by women who received radiation therapy. Patients volunteered
