Cancer-related fatigue: Exercise, psychological therapies best treatments

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Details: By Editor-in-Chief; Latest News; 01 March 2017

For patients with cancer-related fatigue, exercise is likely to be last on the list of appealing activities. According to a new study, however, physical activity is the best way to combat this common side effect.

Researchers have found that exercise is one of the best ways to reduce fatigue for cancer patients.

Researchers compared a variety of treatments for cancer-related fatigue to find that exercise or psychological interventions fared best, while drug treatments were less effective.

Based on their findings, the authors suggest that doctors should recommend exercise or psychological therapies to patients with cancer-related fatigue in the first instance, rather than turning to medications.

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