Time to practice what we preach? Appreciating the autonomy of cancer patients on deciding whether they want to be informed about interventional studies for fatigue.

The article focuses on the fatigue which is a prevalent and inconvenient symptom for patients with advanced cancer. Topics discussed include need for interventional studies like randomized controlled trials for the management of fatigue in advanced cancer patients, professional gatekeeping as a barrier in identification of advanced cancer patients and need for patient participation in order to get information about studies for fatigue and quality of life.