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Fatigue (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 01/08/2010
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Changes to This Summary (01/08/2010)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Overview 1

Added text 2 on chronic cancer-related fatigue in long-term cancer survivors (cited Orre et al. as reference 8).

Contributing Factors 3

Added text 4 on trajectories of fatigue in men with prostate cancer who undergo radiation therapy (cited Miaskowski et al. as reference 13).

Intervention 5

Added Bruera et al. as reference 5 6.

Added text 7 on boxed warnings for psychostimulants (cited CONCERTA as reference 8 and ADDERALL XR as reference 9).

Added text 8 on the effect of methylphenidate on fatigue and cognitive function (cited Mar Fan et al. as reference 10).


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