TY - JOUR
T1 - Recommendations for the surveillance of cancer-related fatigue in childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors
T2 - a report from the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group
AU - on behalf of the IGHG psychological late effects group
AU - Christen, Salome
AU - Roser, Katharina
AU - Mulder, Renée L.
AU - Ilic, Anica
AU - Lie, Hanne C.
AU - Loonen, Jacqueline J.
AU - Mellblom, Anneli V.
AU - Kremer, Leontien C.M.
AU - Hudson, Melissa M.
AU - Constine, Louis S.
AU - Skinner, Roderick
AU - Scheinemann, Katrin
AU - Gilleland Marchak, Jordan
AU - Michel, Gisela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - Purpose: Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) negatively affects the lives of childhood, adolescent, and young adult (CAYA) cancer survivors. We aimed to provide an evidence-based clinical practice guideline (CPG) with internationally harmonized CRF surveillance recommendations for CAYA cancer survivors diagnosed < 30 years. Methods: This CPG was developed by a multidisciplinary panel under the umbrella of the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group. After evaluating concordances and discordances of four existing CPGs, we performed systematic literature searches. We screened articles for eligibility, assessed quality, extracted, and summarized the data from included articles. We formulated recommendations based on the evidence and clinical judgment. Results: Of 3647 articles identified, 70 articles from 14 countries were included. The prevalence of CRF in CAYA cancer survivors ranged from 10–85%. We recommend that healthcare providers are aware of the risk of CRF, implement regular screening with validated measures, and recommend effective interventions to fatigued survivors. Conclusions: A considerable proportion of CAYA cancer survivors suffers from CRF even years after the end of treatment. Implications for Cancer Survivors: We recommend that healthcare providers adopt regular screening to detect and treat CRF early and positively influence survivors’ health and quality of life.
AB - Purpose: Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) negatively affects the lives of childhood, adolescent, and young adult (CAYA) cancer survivors. We aimed to provide an evidence-based clinical practice guideline (CPG) with internationally harmonized CRF surveillance recommendations for CAYA cancer survivors diagnosed < 30 years. Methods: This CPG was developed by a multidisciplinary panel under the umbrella of the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group. After evaluating concordances and discordances of four existing CPGs, we performed systematic literature searches. We screened articles for eligibility, assessed quality, extracted, and summarized the data from included articles. We formulated recommendations based on the evidence and clinical judgment. Results: Of 3647 articles identified, 70 articles from 14 countries were included. The prevalence of CRF in CAYA cancer survivors ranged from 10–85%. We recommend that healthcare providers are aware of the risk of CRF, implement regular screening with validated measures, and recommend effective interventions to fatigued survivors. Conclusions: A considerable proportion of CAYA cancer survivors suffers from CRF even years after the end of treatment. Implications for Cancer Survivors: We recommend that healthcare providers adopt regular screening to detect and treat CRF early and positively influence survivors’ health and quality of life.
KW - Cancer-related fatigue
KW - Childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer
KW - Evidence-based guidelines
KW - Late effects
KW - Surveillance
KW - Survivors
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U2 - 10.1007/s11764-020-00904-9
DO - 10.1007/s11764-020-00904-9
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32839902
AN - SCOPUS:85089785099
SN - 1932-2259
VL - 14
SP - 923
EP - 938
JO - Journal of Cancer Survivorship
JF - Journal of Cancer Survivorship
IS - 6
ER -