Symptom Management and Supportive Care The Oncologist 2006;11:184–196 www.TheOncologist.com Cancer-Related Fatigue: Predictors and Effects of Rehabilitation

Background. The aims of the study were to examine the effects of a multidimensional rehabilitation program on cancer-related fatigue, to examine concurrent pre-dictors of fatigue, and to investigate whether change in fatigue over time was associated with change in predic-tors. Methods. Sample: 72 cancer survivors with dif-ferent diagnoses. Setting: rehabilitation center. Inter-vention: 15-week rehabilitation program. Measures: Fatigue (Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory), demo-graphic and disease/treatment-related variables, body composition (bioelectrical impedance), exercise capac-ity (symptom-limited bicycle ergometry), muscle force (handheld dynamometry), physical and psychologica