If you've been through cancer treatment and you are struggling with memory, concentration, multitasking and/or word retrieval issues, you may be hoping for that golden portal, that doorway back to your pre-cancer self.
Showing posts with label Stanford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stanford. Show all posts
Monday, May 20, 2013
Friday, November 18, 2011
Cancer Itself May Contribute to Brain Fog. Chemo Makes It Worse, Says a Stanford Study
And now we have more evidence that chemo brain is real.
In the latest study published this week in Archives of Neurology, researchers at Stanford University found that women with breast cancer (regardless of whether they had surgery and chemotherapy, or just surgery alone), experienced reduced activity in parts of the brain responsible for working memory, planning and attention.
In the latest study published this week in Archives of Neurology, researchers at Stanford University found that women with breast cancer (regardless of whether they had surgery and chemotherapy, or just surgery alone), experienced reduced activity in parts of the brain responsible for working memory, planning and attention.
Labels:
Chemo Brain,
Chemobrain,
Cognitive,
M.D. Anderson,
Memory,
MRI,
Research,
Shelli Kesler,
Short-Term Memory,
Stanford,
Wefel
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)


