New research on chemobrain
We’ve mentioned “chemobrain” on this blog before. That was on the occasion of a study seeming to confirm the existence of the loss of cognitive function that many chemotherapy patients report. Now two studies presented at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting case doubt. An Australian researcher found that “chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment was infrequent” in his work with breast cancer patients on chemotherapy. A Michigan State study found chemo patients performed only marginally worse on memory tests than similar people without cancer.
