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AScribe Health News Service, January, 2006
Byline: UCLA
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 30 percent of breast cancer survivors report problems with fatigue as long as 10 years after their diagnosis, according to a UCLA study, the first large-scale, longitudinal study of fatigue symptoms in long-term survivors.
As survival times for women with early stage breast cancer lengthen, understanding the long-term effects of cancer and its treatment on functioning and quality of life is becoming increasingly important, said Julie Bower, a researcher at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center and an assistant professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences.
"Fatigue is recognized as one of the most common and distressing side effects of cancer and its treatment and it can...
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