Research Type: Blood/Bone Marrow/Lymph Cancer
Project Description
Fatigue or tiredness is the most common symptom reported by people diagnosed with lymphoma, yet there are few treatments and none that focus on healthy diets. We will be studying if a whole food diet rich in fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, whole grains and seafood called the fatigue reduction diet (FRD) can decrease fatigue that starts or worsens after being diagnosed with lymphoma. Fatigued lymphoma survivors will be randomly placed into the FRD or non-diet health information group. They will receive counseling and be followed for 12 months. The FRD could offer a self-care treatment for fatigue in lymphoma survivors, a group that has not been included in many cancer survivor studies, despite their growing numbers and high burden of fatigue.
