Prevalence of Sleep Disturbances in Cancer

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  • Lavinia Fiorentino
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disorders and their health consequences are often neglected in this population [2]. Most of the literature looking at sleep in cancer patients has focused on insomnia, particularly in breast cancer patients [3], with a few studies exploring the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in head and neck cancer patients [4, Class III]. Systematic research on other sleep disorders is lacking in cancer patients. Understanding the relationship between sleep disorders and cancer is important because the physical and psychological correlates of poor sleep may interact with the patient’s cancer treatment, general well-being, and quality of life.

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تاریخ انتشار 2007