TY - JOUR
T1 - A cancer-related fatigue clinic
T2 - Opportunities and challenges
AU - Escalante, Carmen P.
AU - Manzullo, Ellen
AU - Valdres, Rosalie
PY - 2003/7/1
Y1 - 2003/7/1
N2 - Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is the most prevalent symptom of cancer, occurring in 60% to 90% of patients and surpassing pain in frequency. CRF may increase patients' anxieties and hamper their quality of life. We developed a CRF clinic in 1998 because we believed there needed to be a more focused effort on the education, evaluation, and treatment of CRF for our patients. Since then, we have gained clinical insights into the planning, development, and evolution of this endeavor. Our objective is to share our experiences and provide preliminary analysis of the first 123 patients evaluated in this clinic.
AB - Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is the most prevalent symptom of cancer, occurring in 60% to 90% of patients and surpassing pain in frequency. CRF may increase patients' anxieties and hamper their quality of life. We developed a CRF clinic in 1998 because we believed there needed to be a more focused effort on the education, evaluation, and treatment of CRF for our patients. Since then, we have gained clinical insights into the planning, development, and evolution of this endeavor. Our objective is to share our experiences and provide preliminary analysis of the first 123 patients evaluated in this clinic.
KW - Cancer
KW - Cancer-related fatigue
KW - Fatigue
KW - Fatigue clinic
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U2 - 10.6004/jnccn.2003.0030
DO - 10.6004/jnccn.2003.0030
M3 - Article
C2 - 19761068
AN - SCOPUS:52049095145
SN - 1540-1405
VL - 1
SP - 333
EP - 343
JO - JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
JF - JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
IS - 3
ER -