Cancer treatment causes circadian rhythm (24-hour biological rhythms) dysregulation in adults. Circadian activity rhythms (CAR), the rhythms of our daily movement, are a useful measure of our circadian rhythms. In adult cancer patients, dysregulated CAR is associated with greater fatigue, and decreased quality of life and responsiveness to therapy, and often continues during survivorship.
Chris loves baseball – he has a history of playing for his high school team and is a longtime fan of the San Francisco Giants. However, when he was in high school, Chris began having strange symptoms. Today, Chris is a three-time survivor of glioblastoma.
