Multidimensional assessment of fatigue in patients with brain metastases before and after Gamma Knife radiosurgery

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Brain metastases are the most common brain tumors, and fatigue is a prevalent and distressing symptom in these patients.
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Multidimensional assessments of fatigue provide a more comprehensive understanding compared to unidimensional questionnaires.
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Patients with a Karnofsky Performance Status lower than 90 reported significantly worse fatigue levels than those with higher scores.
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The study utilized the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory to evaluate various fatigue aspects in patients before and after Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
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Follow-up assessments were conducted at 3 and 6 months post-treatment to analyze changes in fatigue and treatment response.

Journal Of Neuro-Oncology

by Eline Verhaak, Wietske C. M. Schimmel, Margriet M. Sitskoorn, Marjan Bakker, Patrick E. J. Hanssens, Karin Gehring
July 26, 2019

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