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SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2013

The prevalence and severity of fatigue in men with prostate cancer: a systematic review of the literature.

Ben Langston, Jo Armes, Anneliese Levy, Elizabeth Tidey, Emma Ream

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Synthesis in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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55citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Effects of exercise interventions on social and cognitive functioning of men with prostate cancer: a meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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  8. Exercise is more effective than health education in reducing fatigue in fatigued cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ben LangstonKing's College London, Kings Health Partners, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, Waterloo Campus, James Clerk Maxwell Building, 57 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8WA, UK.
Jo Armes
Anneliese Levy
Elizabeth Tidey
Emma Ream
Kings Health Partners · GBProstate Cancer UK · GBKing's College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCancer-related fatigue is a significant clinical problem and is a symptom commonly experienced by patients with differing cancer types during and following treatment. It is a distressing symptom which interferes with functioning in daily life. However, much less is known about the prevalence and severity of fatigue in prostate cancer when compared to other cancer types, such as breast cancer.

methodsA systematic review was conducted to appraise the prevalence and severity of cancer-related fatigue in prostate cancer. Systematic searches of published quantitative research relating to the prevalence and severity of fatigue were conducted using databases, including Medline, PsychINFO, CINAHL and ISI Web of Knowledge (January 2012). Included papers measured the prevalence or severity of prostate-cancer-related fatigue and differentiated fatigue outcomes (prevalence, severity) between treatment modalities.

resultsNineteen studies were eligible for the review, of which 17 were cross-sectional and 2 longitudinal. Findings suggest that the prevalence of any fatigue is as high as 74%, whilst chronic fatigue prevalence was highest (39%) when hormone therapy was combined with radiotherapy. Fatigue severity is reported as worse in hormone therapy and treatment combining hormone therapy and radiotherapy.

conclusionsFatigue is a common symptom for men with prostate cancer, particularly those prescribed hormone therapy. A wide variety of tools were used to measure fatigue prevalence and severity, which made comparisons across studies difficult. The review is limited by methodological shortcomings in the studies included.

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Severity of Illness IndexFatigueHumansMalePrevalenceProstatic Neoplasms

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PMID23455492
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