Coping With Fatigue From Metastatic Breast Cancer

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What results in cancer-related exhaustion?


Cancer-related fatigue in MBC patients can result from a variety of physical and psychological reasons.


  • A common symptom with the initial diagnosis of breast cancer is fatigue.
  • This might be brought on by a hormonal imbalance brought on by the cancer, as well as a disruption of regular biological processes brought on by the disease's existence in the body.
  • Patients undergoing cancer therapies, such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and biologic therapy, as well as those who have undergone surgery or a transplant as part of their cancer treatment, frequently report experiencing fatigue as a side effect.
  • These therapies, while important, are physically taxing on the body and can be mentally draining.


vomiting, nausea, appetite loss, and nutritional deficiencies.
 
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