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Cancer-related fatigue

MedGen UID:
903273
Concept ID:
C4274302
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Cancer Fatigue; Cancer-related Fatigue; CRF; Fatigue associated with malignant neoplastic disease
SNOMED CT: Cancer-related fatigue (716749005); Fatigue associated with malignant neoplastic disease (716749005)

Definition

A debilitating tiredness or total lack of energy, often reported as the most common symptom in individuals with cancer. Cancer fatigue can result from chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, and other treatments; chemotherapy-induced anemia is a very frequent cause. -- 2004 [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCancer-related fatigue

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Fabi A, Bhargava R, Fatigoni S, Guglielmo M, Horneber M, Roila F, Weis J, Jordan K, Ripamonti CI; ESMO Guidelines Committee. Electronic address: clinicalguidelines@esmo.org
Ann Oncol 2020 Jun;31(6):713-723. Epub 2020 Mar 12 doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.02.016. PMID: 32173483
Thong MSY, van Noorden CJF, Steindorf K, Arndt V
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2020 Feb 5;21(2):17. doi: 10.1007/s11864-020-0707-5. PMID: 32025928Free PMC Article
Campbell KL, Winters-Stone KM, Wiskemann J, May AM, Schwartz AL, Courneya KS, Zucker DS, Matthews CE, Ligibel JA, Gerber LH, Morris GS, Patel AV, Hue TF, Perna FM, Schmitz KH
Med Sci Sports Exerc 2019 Nov;51(11):2375-2390. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002116. PMID: 31626055Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Al Maqbali M
Br J Nurs 2021 Feb 25;30(4):S36-S43. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2021.30.4.S36. PMID: 33641391
Ruiz-Casado A, Álvarez-Bustos A, de Pedro CG, Méndez-Otero M, Romero-Elías M
Clin Breast Cancer 2021 Feb;21(1):10-25. Epub 2020 Jul 24 doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2020.07.011. PMID: 32819836
Ma Y, He B, Jiang M, Yang Y, Wang C, Huang C, Han L
Int J Nurs Stud 2020 Nov;111:103707. Epub 2020 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103707. PMID: 32920423
Thong MSY, van Noorden CJF, Steindorf K, Arndt V
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2020 Feb 5;21(2):17. doi: 10.1007/s11864-020-0707-5. PMID: 32025928Free PMC Article
Bower JE
Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2014 Oct;11(10):597-609. Epub 2014 Aug 12 doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.127. PMID: 25113839Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Vrtis MC
Home Healthc Now 2024 May-Jun 01;42(3):140-149. Epub 2024 May 6 doi: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000001249. PMID: 38709580
Al Maqbali M
Br J Nurs 2021 Feb 25;30(4):S36-S43. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2021.30.4.S36. PMID: 33641391
Fabi A, Bhargava R, Fatigoni S, Guglielmo M, Horneber M, Roila F, Weis J, Jordan K, Ripamonti CI; ESMO Guidelines Committee. Electronic address: clinicalguidelines@esmo.org
Ann Oncol 2020 Jun;31(6):713-723. Epub 2020 Mar 12 doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.02.016. PMID: 32173483
Thong MSY, van Noorden CJF, Steindorf K, Arndt V
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2020 Feb 5;21(2):17. doi: 10.1007/s11864-020-0707-5. PMID: 32025928Free PMC Article
Berger AM, Mooney K, Alvarez-Perez A, Breitbart WS, Carpenter KM, Cella D, Cleeland C, Dotan E, Eisenberger MA, Escalante CP, Jacobsen PB, Jankowski C, LeBlanc T, Ligibel JA, Loggers ET, Mandrell B, Murphy BA, Palesh O, Pirl WF, Plaxe SC, Riba MB, Rugo HS, Salvador C, Wagner LI, Wagner-Johnston ND, Zachariah FJ, Bergman MA, Smith C; National comprehensive cancer network
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2015 Aug;13(8):1012-39. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2015.0122. PMID: 26285247Free PMC Article

Therapy

Ma Y, He B, Jiang M, Yang Y, Wang C, Huang C, Han L
Int J Nurs Stud 2020 Nov;111:103707. Epub 2020 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103707. PMID: 32920423
Thong MSY, van Noorden CJF, Steindorf K, Arndt V
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2020 Feb 5;21(2):17. doi: 10.1007/s11864-020-0707-5. PMID: 32025928Free PMC Article
Soriano-Maldonado A, Carrera-Ruiz Á, Díez-Fernández DM, Esteban-Simón A, Maldonado-Quesada M, Moreno-Poza N, García-Martínez MDM, Alcaraz-García C, Vázquez-Sousa R, Moreno-Martos H, Toro-de-Federico A, Hachem-Salas N, Artés-Rodríguez E, Rodríguez-Pérez MA, Casimiro-Andújar AJ
Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Nov;98(44):e17625. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000017625. PMID: 31689771Free PMC Article
Bower JE
Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2014 Oct;11(10):597-609. Epub 2014 Aug 12 doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.127. PMID: 25113839Free PMC Article
Cramp F, Byron-Daniel J
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Nov 14;11(11):CD006145. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006145.pub3. PMID: 23152233Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Ruiz-Casado A, Álvarez-Bustos A, de Pedro CG, Méndez-Otero M, Romero-Elías M
Clin Breast Cancer 2021 Feb;21(1):10-25. Epub 2020 Jul 24 doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2020.07.011. PMID: 32819836
Zhang Y, Lou Y, Wang J, Yu C, Shen W
Front Immunol 2020;11:609705. Epub 2021 Jan 21 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.609705. PMID: 33552068Free PMC Article
Fung C, Dinh PC, Fossa SD, Travis LB
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2019 Dec;17(12):1557-1568. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2019.7369. PMID: 31805527
Bower JE
Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2014 Oct;11(10):597-609. Epub 2014 Aug 12 doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.127. PMID: 25113839Free PMC Article
Cheville AL
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 2009 May;20(2):405-16. doi: 10.1016/j.pmr.2008.12.005. PMID: 19389620

Clinical prediction guides

Soriano-Maldonado A, Díez-Fernández DM, Esteban-Simón A, Rodríguez-Pérez MA, Artés-Rodríguez E, Casimiro-Artés MA, Moreno-Martos H, Toro-de-Federico A, Hachem-Salas N, Bartholdy C, Henriksen M, Casimiro-Andújar AJ
J Cancer Surviv 2023 Oct;17(5):1371-1385. Epub 2022 Mar 22 doi: 10.1007/s11764-022-01192-1. PMID: 35314958Free PMC Article
Ruiz-Casado A, Álvarez-Bustos A, de Pedro CG, Méndez-Otero M, Romero-Elías M
Clin Breast Cancer 2021 Feb;21(1):10-25. Epub 2020 Jul 24 doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2020.07.011. PMID: 32819836
Ma Y, He B, Jiang M, Yang Y, Wang C, Huang C, Han L
Int J Nurs Stud 2020 Nov;111:103707. Epub 2020 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103707. PMID: 32920423
Pyszora A, Budzyński J, Wójcik A, Prokop A, Krajnik M
Support Care Cancer 2017 Sep;25(9):2899-2908. Epub 2017 May 16 doi: 10.1007/s00520-017-3742-4. PMID: 28508278Free PMC Article
Cramp F, Byron-Daniel J
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Nov 14;11(11):CD006145. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006145.pub3. PMID: 23152233Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Kang YE, Yoon JH, Park NH, Ahn YC, Lee EJ, Son CG
Sci Rep 2023 Aug 7;13(1):12815. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-39046-0. PMID: 37550326Free PMC Article
Dong B, Qi Y, Lin L, Liu T, Wang S, Zhang Y, Yuan Y, Cheng H, Chen Q, Fang Q, Xie Z, Tian L
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2023 Jun;53(6):343–352. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2023.11251. PMID: 36947532
Chayadi E, Baes N, Kiropoulos L
PLoS One 2022;17(7):e0269519. Epub 2022 Jul 14 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269519. PMID: 35834503Free PMC Article
Ma Y, He B, Jiang M, Yang Y, Wang C, Huang C, Han L
Int J Nurs Stud 2020 Nov;111:103707. Epub 2020 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103707. PMID: 32920423
Cramp F, Byron-Daniel J
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Nov 14;11(11):CD006145. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006145.pub3. PMID: 23152233Free PMC Article

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