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Inflammation and fatigue dimensions in advanced cancer patients and cancer survivors: an explorative study.
Pleun J de Raaf
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Stefan Sleijfer ,
Cor H J Lamers ,
Agnes Jager ,
Jan Willem Gratama ,
Carin C D van der Rijt
Dec 01 2012
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Abstract
Inflammation may underlie cancer-related fatigue; however, there are no studies that assess the relation between fatigue and cytokines in patients with advanced disease versus patients without disease activity. Furthermore, the relation between cytokines and the separate dimensions of fatigue is unknown. Here, association of plasma levels of inflammatory markers with physical fatigue and mental fatigue was explored in advanced cancer patients and cancer survivors.