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Inflammation is linked to fatigue among cancer patients

Patients’ inflammation levels were specifically tied to general and physical fatigue

However, inflammation didn’t affect mental or emotional fatigue

TUESDAY, Oct. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fighting cancer can leave patients tired to their bones and researchers now think they might know why.

Inflammation was linked to fatigue among nearly 200 women with early-stage breast cancer during and after treatment with radiation or chemotherapy, researchers reported Oct. 6 in the journal Cancer .

Specifically, inflammation appeared to promote general and physical fatigue among the women, but not emotional or mental fatigue.

“Our findings indicate that inflammation plays a role in some aspects of cancer-related fatigu

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