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Sleep Disorders (PDQ®)

Health Professional Version
Last Modified: 11/04/2011

Changes to This Summary (11/04/2011)

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

This section was extensively revised.

Sleep Disturbance in Cancer Patients 2

This section was extensively revised.

Assessment 3

Added American Academy of Sleep Medicine as reference 1 4 and Perlis et al. as reference 2. Added text to state that use of the Insomnia Severity Index is suggested to screen for insomnia in clinical settings (cited Bastien et al. as reference 3 and Savard et al. as reference 4).

Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/sleepdisorders/HealthProf
essional/#Section_1
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/sleepdisorders/HealthProf
essional/Page2#Section_10
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/sleepdisorders/HealthProf
essional/Page3#Section_23
4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/sleepdisorders/HealthProf
essional/Page3#Section_24