Correlation of anxiety/depression status with stress-related markers and cancer-related fatigue in patients with colon cancer

Figure 1 Study screening and patient enrollment flowchart. CC: Colon cancer; HSP70: Heat shock protein 70; CRP: C-reactive protein; BFI-C: Brief Fatigue Inventory-Chinese version.

Figure 2 Temporal variations in stress-related markers. A: Heat shock protein 70 changes in two groups; B: C-reactive protein fluctuations in two groups. ^aP < 0.05 vs baseline; ^bP < 0.01 vs baseline; ^cP < 0.05 vs control group. T0: Preoperative; T1: Postoperative day 3; T2: Postoperative day 7; HSP70: Heat shock protein 70; CRP: C-reactive protein.

Figure 3 Changes in cancer-related fatigue in the two patient groups. ^aP < 0.05 vs baseline; ^bP < 0.05 vs control group. T0: Preoperative; T1: Postoperative day 3; T2: Postoperative day 7; BFI-C: Brief Fatigue Inventory-Chinese version.