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Associations between cytokine genes and a symptom cluster of pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and depression in patients prior to breast cancer surgery.
Biological research for nursing - 1 May 2015
Doong Sy-Huey, Dhruva Anand, Dunn Laura B, West Claudia, Paul Steven M, Cooper Bruce A, Elboim Charles, Abrams Gary, Merriman John D, Langford Dale J, Leutwyler Heather, Baggott Christina, Kober Kord, Aouizerat Bradley E, Miaskowski Christine
Abstract excerpt
Pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and depression are common and frequently co-occurring symptoms in oncology patients. This symptom cluster is often attributed to the release of proinflammatory cytokines. The purposes of this study were to determine whether distinct latent classes of patients with breast cancer (n = 398) could be identified based on their experience with this symptom cluster, whether patients in...
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