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Symptom clusters of pain, depressed mood, and fatigue in lung cancer: assessing the role of cytokine genes.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer - 1 Nov 2013
Reyes-Gibby Cielito C, Swartz Michael D, Yu Xiaoying, Wu Xifeng, Yennurajalingam Sriram, Anderson Karen O, Spitz Margaret R, Shete Sanjay
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PURPOSE: Symptom clusters, the multiple, co-occurring symptoms experienced by cancer patients, are debilitating and affects quality of life. We assessed if a panel of immune-response genes may underlie the co-occurrence of severe pain, depressed mood, and fatigue and help identify patients with severe versus non-severe symptom clusters. METHODS: Symptoms were assessed at presentation, prior to cancer treatment in...
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