Depression and pain increase fatigue in breast cancer survivors
Understanding fatigue-related factors following breast cancer
treatment helps in survival recovery. Credit: SINC. OC. In
Spain, 5-year survival following breast cancer diagnosis is more
than 83%. Around 66% suffer fatigue following treatment. A
Spanish research establishes the factors associated with
tiredness in cancer survivors to improve their quality of life
and rehabilitation. "Cancer-related fatigue is the symptom that
most limits quality of life and is most common in patients that
survive cancerous processes," explained Manuel Arroyo,
researcher from the University of Granada and lead author of a
study that links psychological disorders and physical pain
episodes with fatigue after treating a breast tumour. More than
66% of breast cancer survivors suffer tiredness following
recovery, caused directly by the disease, physical deterioration
or the treatment received. Therefore, understanding the factors
related with fatigue and how they can b