From the ArcaMax Publishing, Women Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/women/s-233626-387669
TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) -- Breast cancer survivors who received both
chemotherapy and radiotherapy report the most severe and prolonged
fatigue, a U.S. study found.
Dr. Paul Jacobsen of the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., tracked
221 women with early stage breast cancer treated with either
radiography or a combination of chemotherapy and radiography and 221
age- and geographically matched healthy women at two, four and six
months after treatment.
The researchers expected to find the greatest difference in fatigue
scores just after treatment, diminishing with time but they found that
breast cancer patients who received both chemotherapy and radiotherapy
had heightened fatigue.
The findings, published in the journal Cancer, provides strong
evidence that women with non-metastatic breast cancer treated with
adjuvant chemotherapy are at significantly greater risk for severe
fatigue.