Spore Powder of Ganoderma lucidum Improves Cancer-Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Endocrine Therapy: A Pilot Clinical Trial

Table 2

FACT-F scores for experimental group and control group.

Subscal (range of scores)	Experimental group (𝑛=25)	Control group (𝑛=23)
Physical (0–28)
Week 0	20.35±4.07	19.43±4.19
Week 4	24.62±3.27^**##	20.65±3.97
Social/family (0–28)
Week 0	21.35±3.91	20.89±3.91
Week 4	22.37±3.61	21.12±4.07
Emotional (0–24)
Week 0	17.61±4.00	16.73±3.87
Week 4	21.49±2.21^*#	17.99±2.07
Functional (0–28)
Week 0	17.87±4.93	17.35±4.87
Week 4	22.87±5.13^*#	18.29±3.79
Fatigue subscale (0–52)
Week 0	39.76±5.10	40.35±6.10
Week 4	46.78±5.07^**##	40.92±5.62
Total (0–160)
Week 0	120.31±20.15	119.65±18.99
Week 4	141.09±17.23^**# #	121.01±19.13

* 𝑃<0.05 versus week 0 of experimental group.
** 𝑃<0.01 versus week 0 of experimental group.
^#𝑃<0.05 versus week 4 of control group.
^##𝑃<0.01 versus week 4 of control group.