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Article: New findings in breast cancer described from University of California.(Clinical report)
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- October 20, 2009
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"Prior cross-sectional studies have shown that cancer patients have sleep-wake activity cycles that show little distinction between daytime and nighttime, a pattern indicative of circadian disruption. This pattern is seen both before and during cancer treatment," scientists writing in the journal Sleep report (see also Breast Cancer).
"Long-term data are needed, however, to assess to what extent circadian rhythm impairments evolve over the course of chemotherapy. The goal of this study was to assess the longitudinal course of sleep-wake activity rhythms before and during chemotherapy for breast cancer. Ninety-five women scheduled to receive neoadjuvant or adjuvant ...