Purpose/Objectives: To describe the relationship of patterns of physical activity and fatigue during radiation therapy. Design: Prospective, descriptive, repeated measures, pilot study. Setting: Outpatient radiation oncology clinic at a large medical center. SAMPLE: Seven adult subjects with cancer...

Purpose/Objectives: To describe the relationship between fatigue and nutritional status in patients receiving radiation therapy for lung cancer. Design: Prospective, observational study. Setting: Radiation therapy department of a large mid-western cancer center. Sample: 45 adults with primary...

Purpose/Objectives: To determine whether music moderates the level of anxiety that patients experience during radiation therapy. Design: Experimental, longitudinal, random assignment to music or no music therapy. Setting: Urban radiation oncology center in a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital...

Purpose/Objectives: To determine whether perceptions of quality of life (QOL) change over time in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who receive curative radiation therapy (XRT). Design: Descriptive, longitudinal. Setting: Radiotherapy clinic of a comprehensive cancer center. Sample:...