title: [Better understanding of cancer-related fatigue].
abstract: Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a major reality during treatment as well as once treatment is completed. For many people, CRF persists for long periods in the post-therapeutic phase and has a considerable negative impact on the quality of life. Fatigue is defined as a subjective and multidimensional phenomenon. CRF is associated with many factors, hence its complexity. The goal of this article is to summarize major findings from a review of literature in order to better understand the phenomenon of CRF itself, its progressive course, the main associated factors and some of the most promising interventions.
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche en cancérologie, l'Université Laval, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gélinas
authors.forename: Lise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fillion
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fortier
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D018450:Disease Progression; D005221:Fatigue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D011788:Quality of Life; D012931:Social Environment