Study: Cognitive deficits continue long term in cancer survivors in domains important for social and executive functioning

Cog­ni­tive Deficits Con­tin­ue Long Term in Can­cer Sur­vivors (Med­scape): “Although can­cer patients fre­quent­ly expe­ri­ence short-term cog­ni­tive deficits, lit­tle is known about how long these deficits last or whether they wors­en over time. Now, data from a large nation­al sam­ple sug­gest that cog­ni­tive deficits may per­sist long term.

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