Moghaddamfar, Farnaz ; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA > GIGA Neurosciences - Conscious Care Lab
Lahaye, Magali; UCLouvain - Université catholique de Louvain > Psychological Sciences Research Institute
Libert, Yves; ULB - Université Libre de Bruxelles > Psychosomatic and Psycho-oncology Research Unit ; Institut Jules Bordet > Psycho-Oncology Department
Merckaert, Isabelle; ULB - Université Libre de Bruxelles > Psychosomatic and Psycho-oncology Research Unit ; Institut Jules Bordet > Psycho-Oncology Department
Grégoire, Charlotte ; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA > GIGA Neurosciences - Conscious Care Lab
Language :
English
Title :
Cancer-related fatigue in adolescents and young adults
Publication date :
July 2026
Journal title :
Current Opinion in Oncology
ISSN :
1040-8746
eISSN :
1531-703X
Publisher :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States - Pennsylvania
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