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Cancer related fatigue: A focus on breast cancer and Hodgkin's disease survivors

Patricia A. Ganz UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA; Division of Cancer Prevention & Control Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Julienne E. Bower Division of Cancer Prevention & Control Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA; UCLA Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, California, USA; Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
Pages 474-479 | Received 01 Dec 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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Figure 1.  This figure describes several etiologies for the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in cancer patients. In their presence, along with psychological factors (depression, maladaptive coping) and physical symptoms and conditions (pain, arthritis, cardiovascular disease), survivors may experience ongoing chronic fatigue.

Figure 1.  This figure describes several etiologies for the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in cancer patients. In their presence, along with psychological factors (depression, maladaptive coping) and physical symptoms and conditions (pain, arthritis, cardiovascular disease), survivors may experience ongoing chronic fatigue.

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