Cancer-related fatigue and depression found to limit recreational activities in survivors

Cancer-related fatigue and depression found to limit recreational activities in survivors

Cancer survivors who reported feeling cancer-related fatigue or depression reduced their recreational activities nearly twofold, with females more likely than males to report feeling either cancer-related fatigue or depression, according to a retrospective study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025, held April 25-30.

Women who survive cancer are more likely to have fatigue and depression than men

Women who survive cancer are more likely to experience cancer-related fatigue and depression than men, according to new research presented Tuesday at the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual meeting in Chicago.

Women in the UK are dying from deadlier, more common cancers that get less funding than male ones, study finds

Women in the UK are dying from cancers that receive less attention, fewer donations and drastically less funding than male-specific cancers – despite being more deadly and more common  In what is both shocking, but sadly not surprising, a new investigation has discovered that – despite being more common and deadlier – female-specific get less attention, fewer donations and drastically less funding than male-specific cancers. That’s the finding f…

The percentage differences are quite large and require attention.

Fatigue, Depression Hit Harder on Women Cancer Survivors, Data Show

Prior studies have shown that women may absorb cancer therapies differently than men, but this study focused on the fallout on patients' physical activity and quality of life.