Parkinson

Good NYT arti­cle today on how Chemother­a­py Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illu­sion. Quotes:

• “Vir­tu­al­ly all can­cer sur­vivors who have had tox­ic treat­ments like chemother­a­py expe­ri­ence short-term mem­o­ry loss and dif­fi­cul­ty con­cen­trat­ing dur­ing and short­ly after­ward, experts say. But a vast major­i­ty improve. About 15 per­cent, or rough­ly 360,000 of the nation’s 2.4 mil­lion female breast can­cer sur­vivors, the group that has dom­i­nat­ed research on cog­ni­tive side effects, remain dis­tract­ed years lat­er, accord­ing to some experts. And nobody knows what dis­tin­guish­es this 15 percent.”
• “The cen­tral puz­zle of chemo brain is [Read more…] about Chemo Brain: cog­ni­tive effects of chemotherapy