Guidance for prospective acupuncture treatment on cancer-related fatigue (CRF)

Fatigue is the most common symptom experienced by patients with cancer which is also one of the most common adverse effects that occur during and after cancer treatment. It has been defined as, “a distressing, persistent, subjective sense of tiredness or exhaustion related to cancer or cancer treatments that is not proportional to recent activity and interferes with usual functions.” (1).