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Fatigue and Proinflammatory Cytokine Activity in Breast Cancer Survivors

Psychosomatic Medicine · 2002 · Vol. 64(4) · pp. 604–611
Julienne E. BowerPatricia A. GanzNajib AzizJohn L. Fahey

Abstract

Fatigued breast cancer survivors showed elevations in serum markers associated with proinflammatory cytokine activity an average of 5 years after diagnosis. Results suggest mechanisms through which enduring immune activation may occur, including alterations in cortisol and in lymphocyte subsets.

Cancer survivorship and careCancer-related cognitive impairment studiesTryptophan and brain disordersProinflammatory cytokineMedicineCytokineBreast cancerContext (archaeology)ImmunologyPsychoneuroimmunologyImmune systemNeopterinInternal medicine

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EtanerceptBreast NeoplasmsCircadian RhythmFatigueFemaleFlow CytometryHumansHydrocortisoneImmunoglobulin GMiddle AgedTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaInterleukin-6Survival RateLymphocyte SubsetsCytokines
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