What is cancer-related fatigue?

<p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Side effects are sometimes glossed over as buzzwords, and we tend to ignore that fact. As a result, we may actually be harming our patients and underestimating the effects on their independence and mobility.</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Cancer related fatigue is probably the most common impairment cancer survivors experience. An estimated 80% of survivors suffer from cancer-related fatigue!</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>As defined by the NCCN, cancer-related fatigue is a &quot;distressing, persistent, subjective sense of physical, emotional, and cognitive tiredness or exhaustion related to cancer treatment that is not proportional to activity and interferes with usual function.&quot;</span></p><p>Download your FREE <a href="https://theoncopt.ck.page/d8eff7bc9e">Quick Guide to Treating Patients with Cancer</a>.<br><em>Because it's not if, it's </em><strong><em>when</em></strong><em> you'll treat a person with cancer.</em><br><em><br></em>Follow TheOncoPT on Instagram:<br><a href="https://Instagram.com/TheOncoPT">https://Instagram.com/TheOncoPT</a><br><br></p> <p>This episode is brought to you by our brand new Cancer Basics Course. &nbsp;</p><p>With the Cancer Basics Course, you’ll get our exact blueprint to start treating people with cancer confidently &amp; competently.&nbsp; No more ramshackling together your oncology knowledge.</p><p>Start treating your patients with cancer confidently &amp; competently TODAY.&nbsp; Register now at <a href="https://TheOncoPT.com/cancerbasicscourse">TheOncoPT.com/cancerbasicscourse</a></p><p><a href='https://www.instagram.com/theoncopt/'>Follow TheOncoPT on Instagram.<br/></a><a href='https://tiktok.com/@theoncopt'>Follow TheOncoPT on TikTok.<br/></a><a href='https://twitter.com/TheOncoPT'>Follow TheOncoPT on Twitter.</a></p>