ArticleCancers2021
Light Therapy for Cancer-Related Fatigue in (Non-)Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Management of Fatigue in Adult Survivors of Cancer: ASCO-Society for Integrative Oncology Guideline Update.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2024Guideline
- Interventions for insomnia in cancer patients and survivors-a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2024Pooled it
- Exploratory crossover field study indicates efficacy and feasibility of light therapy glasses to mitigate fatigue in multiple sclerosis.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- The Effects of Light Therapy on Cognitive Function and Stress in Women With Breast Cancer Before Systemic Treatment.Cancer medicine · 2025Trial
- Reducing Test Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Evening Bright Light Exposure in University Students.Depression and anxiety · 2025Trial
- Higher Daytime Light Exposure Predicts Lower Risk of Gastrointestinal Cancer Incidence and Mortality.International journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Survivorship care for patients curatively treated for Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a scoping review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Effects of light therapy on sleep/wakefulness, daily rhythms, and the central orexin system in a diurnal rodent model of seasonal affective disorder.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- Nonpharmacological interventions for cancer-related fatigue: A literature review.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2023Review
- Circadian, hormonal, and sleep rhythms: effects on cancer progression implications for treatment.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Review
- Effects of bright light therapy on neuroinflammatory and neuroplasticity markers in a diurnal rodent model of Seasonal Affective Disorder.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- The effect of light therapy on sleep quality in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Circadian disruption and cancer- and treatment-related symptoms.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
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25 authors at 15 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the short- and long-term effects of light therapy on fatigue (primary outcome) and sleep quality, depression, anxiety, quality of life, and circadian rhythms (secondary outcomes) in survivors of (non-)Hodgkin lymphoma presenting with chronic cancer-related fatigue.
methodsWe randomly assigned 166 survivors (mean survival 13 years) to a bright white light intervention (BWL) or dim white light comparison (DWL) group. Measurements were completed at baseline (T0), post-intervention (T1), at three (T2), and nine (T3) months follow-up. A mixed-effect modeling approach was used to compare linear and non-linear effects of time between groups.
resultsThere were no significant differences between BWL and DWL in the reduction in fatigue over time. Both BWL and DWL significantly (
conclusionsBWL was not superior in reducing fatigue compared to DWL in HL and DLBCL survivors. Remarkably, the total sample showed clinically relevant and persistent improvements on fatigue not commonly seen in longitudinal observational studies in these survivors.
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