Fatigue related to radiotherapy may be caused by inflammation

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 14:07 in Health & Medicine

PHILADELPHIA -- Patients who experience fatigue during radiotherapy for breast or prostate cancer may be reacting to activation of the proinflammatory cytokine network, a known inflammatory pathway, according to a report in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

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