Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Cognitive Problems Still Evident Several Years After Breast Cancer Treatment
A new analysis has found that breast cancer survivors may experience problems with certain mental abilities several years after treatment, regardless of whether they were treated with chemotherapy plus radiation or radiation only. Published early online inCANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that there may be common and treatment-specific ways that cancer therapies negatively affect cancer survivors' mental abilities. Previous research suggests that chemotherapy can cause problems with memory and concentration in breast cancer survivors...
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