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Chemo Brain: Resesarch

Discussion by: sarahmarie21 on Sat, 2012-03-10 14:42 with 0 comments
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The most important piece of research about chemo brain is "Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment (CRCI): Neuroimaging, Neuropsychological Testing, and the Neuropsychologist" by Jamie S. Meyers. This is a report on many studies that show the different cognitive functions impaired by chemotherapy. “(CRCI) occurs in 17%- 75% of patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer,” (Wefel, Lenzi, Theriault, Davis, & Meyers, 2004).

Chemobrain: the Basics

Discussion by: sarahmarie21 on Fri, 2012-02-24 15:16 with 3 comments
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My topic, chemobrain, is not well known by the public. In fact, many have never even heard this term. Chemobrain is a very new phenomenon, and this was stressed in all my research and interviews. Before recently, all cognitive side effects of chemotherapy were dismissed as results of stress or depression, not the actual chemotherapy. This leads me into what chemobrain is now defined to be.

Chemo Brain and the Questions it Poses

Discussion by: sarahmarie21 on Mon, 2012-02-20 18:02 with 0 comments
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The American Cancer Society has an article called "Chemo Brain" discussing the physical side effects on the brain of chemotherapy. I like how this article discusses all sides of chemobrain. This article also doesn’t leave out the questions that comes with this topic and explains why chemobrain is so hard to test for.

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