Cancer Fatigue & Survivorship

Cancer-Related Fatigue (CRF) is defined by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) as a "distressing, persistent, subjective sense of physical, emotional, and/or cognitive tiredness or exhaustion related to cancer or cancer treatment that is not proportional to recent activity and interferes with usual functioning. Compared with the fatigue experienced by healthy individuals, CRF is more severe, more distressing, and less likely to be relieved by rest." CRF is reported more frequently than any other symptom of cancer and cancer treatment and affects 70-80% of cancer survivors at all stages of disease and recovery -- during treatment, in advanced disease, and in remission. (Source: APTA Oncology Consumer fact Sheet).

CRF can be a side effect of cancer treatments or can be due to the cancer itself. Commons signs and symptoms include, but not limited to: feeling tired, lack of energy, irritability, difficulty with concentration, and too tired to engage in social activities (Source: APTA Oncology Consumer Fact Sheet).

At The Department of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine at Chester County Hospital, our therapists are committed to helping you work through any of the common signs and symptoms of CRF through a personal and thorough assessment and discussion around your goals. This will allow your therapist to tailor an individualized program specific to you with the intent of assisting in meeting your discussed goals. 

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