Fatigue trajectories during pediatric ALL therapy are associated with fatigue after treatment: a national longitudinal cohort study.
Elin IrestormLindsay M H SteurGertjan J L KaspersNatasha K A Van EijkelenburgInge M Van der SluisNatasja DorsCor Van den BosWim J E TissingMartha A GrootenhuisRaphaele R L van LitsenburgPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2022)
The findings demonstrate that fatigue reported during treatment can predict fatigue at follow-up. These results stress the need for longitudinal assessments. Healthcare professionals need to be aware that pediatric patients who are fatigued during treatment need to receive additional attention and timely interventions since cancer-related fatigue will not resolve by itself in the first year after end of treatment.