Exploratory Investigation of Early Biomarkers for Chronic Fatigue in Prostate Cancer Patients Following Radiation Therapy

Authors

Li Rebekah Feng, National Institutes of HealthFollow
Brian S. Wolff, Georgetown University
Nada Lukkahatai, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Alexandra Espina, National Institutes of HealthFollow
Leorey N. Saligan, National Institutes of HealthFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-22-2016

Publication Title

Cancer Nursing

Volume

40

Issue

3

First page number:

184

Last page number:

193

Abstract

Fatigue is one of the most debilitating adverse effects of cancer therapy. Identifying biomarkers early during cancer therapy may help us understand the biologic underpinnings of the persistence of fatigue following therapy. We aimed to identify early biomarkers of fatigue by examining correlations of levels of cytokines during external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) with persistence of fatigue 1 year following treatment completion in men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer (NM-PC).

Repository Citation

Feng, L. R., Wolff, B. S., Lukkahatai, N., Espina, A., Saligan, L. N. (2016). Exploratory Investigation of Early Biomarkers for Chronic Fatigue in Prostate Cancer Patients Following Radiation Therapy. Cancer Nursing, 40(3), 184-193.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0000000000000381