Programs and Services

Cancer Fatigue Clinic

Helping Cancer Patients Ease Fatigue

Through the generosity of the Charlotte Johnson Hollfelder Foundation, the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center is offering a new program to help ease cancer-related fatigue in patients. The new clinic offers treatment and support for the debilitating fatigue that affects patients undergoing cancer treatments.

Cancer-related fatigue is a serious side-effect that can result in anemia, thyroid problems, and electrolyte disturbances. Additionally, fatigue can lead to depression, anxiety, or a persons’ withdrawal from their social lives or job. And, researchers have found a correlation between excessive fatigue and a poor prognosis. The cancer fatigue clinic uses medications along with individual or group therapy to treat symptoms.

The director of the program, Jayesh Kamath, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, is dedicated to relieving fatigue in every cancer patient through the clinic and continuing his research of possible causes and treatments.

The fatigue clinic is made possible by a gift from the Charlotte Johnson Hollfelder Foundation, which was established by Fred Hollfelder in honor of his wife, who survived breast cancer and died of an unrelated illness.

The Charlotte Johnson Hollfelder Foundation has made many gifts to help women with breast cancer, including an ongoing program to help cover the costs of mammography for women with little or no insurance.

Patients who are interested in the cancer fatigue clinic can get more information by calling the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at 860-679-2100 or 860-679-7692.