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Chemo patients plagued by insomnia

(Medical News Today) UPDATED 2009-11-30
Experts say a staggering number of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy develop insomnia and other sleep disturbances during treatment--and often the condition does not go away when chemo stops. According to researchers in New York, 75 percent of patients grapple with sleep problems. They found that younger patients, as well as those with breast cancer and lung cancer, were most likely to develop insomnia. Experts say patients should talk to their doctor about sleeplessness, because untreated it can lead to depression and other conditions.
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