Chemo brain

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Dear Group,

I did some research on chemo brain some time ago because my doctor didn't

think it existed. I brought him enough information to read and asked him to at

least look it over. He said he was hearing things in medical circles and that

he was going to study it. Here are just a few articles that recognize cognitive

dysfunction.

Over the past few years, though, a lesser-known side effect -- the cognitive

dysfunction commonly called " chemo-brain " -- has been getting more attention

from patients and doctors.

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Seeking_Solutions_to_Chemo-Br\

ain.asp

The study of breast cancer survivors suggests the mental fog known as chemobrain

might last longer than once thought and shows women treated with chemotherapy a

decade ago still experience subtle memory problems.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-10-05-chemo-fog_x.htm

" Until recently, oncologists would discount it, trivialize it, make patients

feel it was all in their heads, " said Dr. Silverman, a cancer researcher

at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the cognitive side

effects of chemotherapy. " Now there's enough literature, even if it's

controversial, that not mentioning it as a possibility is either ignorant or an

evasion of professional duty. "

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/29/news/chemo.php

Blessings,

Lottie