cancer

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037818/ Abstract The influence of psychosocial factors on the development and progression of cancer has been a longstanding hypothesis since ancient times. In fact, epidemiological and clinical studies over the past 30 years have provided strong...

Full title: Four-year follow-up on fatigue and sleep quality of a three-armed partly randomized controlled study in breast cancer survivors with cancer-related fatigue Abstract Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a frequent long-term symptom in non-metastasized breast cancer patients (BC). This...

Alyssa, who is 13 and from Leicester, was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in May last year. (…) Base editing allows scientists to zoom to a precise part of the genetic code and then alter the molecular structure of just one base, converting it into another and changing the...

Evaluating an interactive acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) workshop delivered to trained therapists working with cancer patients in the United Kingdom: a mixed methods approach Abstract Background SURECAN (SUrvivors’ Rehabilitation Evaluation after CANcer) is a multi-phase study...

There is limited available information on patterns of utilization and efficacy of alternative medicine (AM) for patients with cancer. We identified 281 patients with nonmetastatic breast, prostate, lung, or colorectal cancer who chose AM, administered as sole anticancer treatment among patients...

Ohio State University investigations identified misconduct by two scientists in lab of high-profile cancer researcher Carlo Croce. The university has cleared Croce of misconduct, but disciplined him over management problems. — Over the past decade, questions have swirled around the work coming...

Abstract Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disabling multi-system complex disorder with prevalence of 875 per 100,000 (up to 3.4 million people) in the United States. There are no known etiologic or risk factors and no approved treatments for ME/CFS...

Chronic fatigue syndrome and subsequent risk of cancer among elderly US adults Cindy M. Chang PhD, MPH, Joan L. Warren PhD, Eric A. Engels MD, MPH Abstract BACKGROUND: The cause of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is unknown but is thought to be associated with immune abnormalities or infection...

Hi, is there anyone who can help me getting the full text of this article: https://pep-web.org/browse/document/psar.042.0217a It's an old article from a psychoanalytic journal (The Psychoanalytic review) that is not included in some databases and where a yearly subscription costs more 1000...

Physical Activity in Adults With Fatigue After Cancer Treatment: A Systematic Review Of Randomized Trials With Fatigue as an Eligibility Criterion Rosie Twomey, Samuel Yeung, James G. Wrightson, Lillian Sung, Paula D. Robinson, Guillaume Y. Millet, S. Nicole Culos-Reed Abstract Physical...

Associations between long-term conditions and upper gastrointestinal cancer incidence: A prospective population-based cohort of UK Biobank participants Abstract Upper gastrointestinal cancers (oesophageal/stomach) have high mortality rates and are often diagnosed after the disease has...

Very good writing here….(cancer, not ME/CFS). “Are you someone who enjoys the unsolicited opinions of strangers and acquaintances? If so, I can’t recommend cancer highly enough.”

Does the Lightning Process Training Programme Reduce Chronic Fatigue in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors? A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study Abstract Background: We report on a pilot intervention study exploring the efficacy of the Lightning Process® training programme for reducing chronic...

Abstract COVID‐19 leads to severe respiratory problems, but also to long‐COVID syndrome associated primarily with cognitive dysfunction and fatigue. Long‐COVID syndrome symptoms, especially brain fog, are similar to those experienced by patients undertaking or following chemotherapy for cancer...

The SURECAN study (Survivors’ Rehabilitation Evaluation after Cancer) is a programme grant funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under the prestigious Programme Grants for Applied Research funding stream. The SURECAN programme consists of six inter-digitating work streams...

Background Despite evidence of selective outcome reporting across multiple disciplines, this has not yet been assessed in trials studying the effects of exercise in people with cancer. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to explore prospectively registered randomised controlled trials (RCTs)...

Researchers at McMaster and Brock universities in Canada have developed a hand-held device that can provide rapid measurements of cancer biomarkers in blood samples.

Full title: Fatigue-Related Cognitive-Behavioral Factors in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Comparison with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Survivors of Adult-Onset Cancer Paywall, https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jayao.2020.0094 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.tw/10.1089/jayao.2020.0094

I found it interesting that the affected genes in the study (ALAD and p16) are involved in red blood cell development and some cancers. Lead poisoning could reduce gene expression in humans Scientists have unveiled a correlation between high blood lead levels in children and methylation of...

Association of mitochondrial DNA content and displacement loop region sequence variations with cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer survivors receiving chemotherapy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1567724920301665