Thursday 18 July 2013

A prognostic tool to predict fatigue in women with early-stage breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy

A prognostic tool to predict fatigue in women with early-stage breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy. The breast, August 2013, Vol. 22(4), p.504-09.

Courtier, N., et al.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960977612002032

Fatigue during and after radiotherapy impacts negatively on normal functioning and quality of life. A pre-treatment estimate of the risk of fatigue would facilitate the targeting of timely interventions to limit consequential behavioural symptoms arising. We have developed a prognostic tool to predict the risk of fatigue in women with early-stage breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy.