What causes 'chemobrain'? It's time for neuroscientists to get serious about finding out, experts say
by Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times
Jun 13, 2018
3 minutes
At some point in their treatment for cancer, somewhere between 17 percent and 75 percent of patients with malignancies that don't affect the central nervous system report the sensation that a mental fog has set in.
For months or years after their hair has grown back, the exhaustion has lifted and the medical appointments taper off, the "new normal" for these patients includes problems with concentration, word-finding, short-term memory and multitasking.
Their doctors nod
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