Second Opinion: Addressing Cancer-Related Fatigue in Integrative Oncology

Research Scientist Dr. Dori Beeler, of the Levine Cancer Institute of Atrium Health and corresponding author for the manuscript titled “Cancer-Related Fatigue Outcome Measures in Integrative Oncology: Evidence for Practice and Research Recommendations” that was recently published in the May issue of the journal ONCOLOGY®, was joined by co-authors Dr. Shelley Wang, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Dr. Viraj Master, of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, to discuss their research. They touched on challenges in treating patients with cancer-related fatigue, such as the subjective nature of patient-reported outcome measures and the limited ability for cross-comparison across trials. In the paper, the authors compare tools for cancer-related fatigue, considerations for choosing between scales, and how to best implement them into clinical trials and daily practice. The experts provide a broad overview of their research in this episode.