Next: Tools to detect and treat “chemo brain” symptoms common in around 35% of breast cancer survivors

By SharpBrains | March 23, 2015

UCLA study reveals treat­ment for women with breast can­cer suf­fer­ing cog­ni­tive dif­fi­cul­ties (Health­Canal): “UCLA researchers have devel­oped a pro­gram that could improve the day-to-day lives of women with breast can­cer by address­ing post-treat­­ment cog­ni­tive dif­fi­cul­ties, some­times known as “chemo brain,” which can affect up to 35 per­cent of women after their treatments

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Research on ‘Chemo Brain’: MRI Shows Brain Changes After Chemotherapy

By SharpBrains | November 17, 2011 |

‘Chemo Brain’: MRI Shows Brain Changes After Chemother­a­py (Med­scape): — “Breast can­cer sur­vivors who have been treat­ed with chemother­a­py show sig­nif­i­cant changes in brain activ­i­ty, mea­sured by func­tion­al mag­net­ic res­o­nance imag­ing (fMRI), accord­ing to a study pub­lished in the Novem­ber issue of the Archives of Neu­rol­o­gy.” — “The find­ing val­i­dates patients’ claims of reduced cog­ni­tive func­tion after…

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