What does the research say about persistent fatigue?

Persistent fatigue

There is 1 paper on persistent fatigue in aging research: 1 observational study in people. The newest story, Nov 13, 2026: “Frailty predicted persistent fatigue in older breast cancer survivors”.

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“For all participants, predictors of persistent fatigue included higher baseline fatigue, as measured using the FACIT-F total score or FACIT-F fatigue subscale score.”

Machine learning reveals pre-treatment deficit accumulation as a predictor of persistent cancer-related fatigue: The Thinking and Living with Cancer longitudinal cohort studyJournal of geriatric oncology2026doi:10.1016/j.jgo.2026.104693

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Baseline fatigue predicts persistent fatigue in humans (Breast cancer survivors and matched controls without a cancer history).
“For all participants, predictors of persistent fatigue included higher baseline fatigue, as measured using the FACIT-F total score or FACIT-F fatigue subscale score.”
HumansBreast cancer survivors and matched controls without a cancer historyTwo yearsfemales
Frailty predicted persistent fatigue in older breast cancer survivors
Journal of geriatric oncologyNov 13, 2026

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Journal of Geriatric OncologyNov 13

Frailty predicted persistent fatigue in older breast cancer survivors

A longitudinal cohort study of 543 women aged 60 and older linked greater pre-treatment frailty to persistent fatigue after breast cancer.A longitudinal cohort study of 543 women aged 60 and older linked greater pre-treatment frailty to persistent fatigue after breast cancer.

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