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Fatigue (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 05/20/2009
Health Professional Version
Changes to This Summary (05/20/2009)

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.

Contributing Factors 1

Added text 2 to state that anxiety and depression are the most common comorbid psychiatric disorders of cancer-related fatigue. Also added text to state that fatigue is often the final common pathway for a range of physical and emotional etiologies.



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1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/fatigue/HealthProfessiona
l/12.cdr#Section_12
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/fatigue/HealthProfessiona
l/27.cdr#Section_27