title: The causes of cancer-related fatigue and approaches to its treatment.
abstract: Despite the evidence that patients with cancer experience fatigue as a symptom of their condition or as a consequence of treatment, there is no uniform definition of the term, making it difficult to identify the causes. Patients also lack professional support to help them cope. This paper describes the potential causes of fatigue and provides some management solutions.
authors.affiliation: University of Edinburgh.
authors.forename: Tonks N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Fawcett
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods*