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Scientists at Biomodels have successfully developed the first model that accurately duplicates human cancer treatment-related fatigue (CTRF). The new model shows that, as in human cancer patients, fatigue is independent of anaemia or weight loss and persists long after cancer treatments end.

The new model and research findings were presented at the American Association for Cancer Research-NCI-EORTC Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics meeting in Boston.

Lingering fatigue is a debilitating problem in patients who have been treated for cancer and its etiology is poorly understood. Fat…

written by The Scientist