Prevalence of Sleep Disturbances in Cancer
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Disturbed sleep is one of the major complaints of cancer patients,1,2 and includes complaints of difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep, before, during and for years after treatment.3 A few studies have explored the prevalence of sleep disordered breathing (SDB),4,5 and some studies examined periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS),6 but most sleep studies conducted in cancer patients have focused on insomnia.
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