TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2014 , Vol 29 , Num 3
Cancer-related fatigue of child and nursing care
Aslı AKDENİZ KUDUBEŞ
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Onkoloji Hemşireliği Anabilim Dalı, İzmir One of the most disturbing symptoms experienced by patients during cancer treatment, defined as fatigue, cancer is a major area of patient care. Today, parallel to the increase in the incidence of cancer, the incidence of cancer-related fatigue is also increasing. Fatigue is often especially active in oncologic patients treated untreated yet and advanced stage cancer patients often encountered in the visible and a symptom. Nursing interventions for fatigue in the struggle for the child with cancer can be extremely important. Nurses successful nursing of children with cancer by trying to increase their ability to cope with these symptoms. Keywords : Child; cancer; fatigue