'Chemobrain'in breast carcinoma? A prologue

JS Wefel, R Lenzi, R Theriault… - … Journal of the …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Chemotherapy‐induced cognitive dysfunction in patients with breast
carcinoma has been described previously. However, those studies only assessed patients' …

The cognitive sequelae of standard‐dose adjuvant chemotherapy in women with breast carcinoma: results of a prospective, randomized, longitudinal trial

JS Wefel, R Lenzi, RL Theriault… - … Journal of the …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Retrospective trials have reported that chemotherapy‐induced cognitive
dysfunction was experienced by a subset of patients with breast carcinoma. However, recent …

Preliminary results of a longitudinal study of changes in cognitive function in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy with doxorubicin and …

CE Jansen, MJ Dodd, CA Miaskowski… - Psycho …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: Recent studies suggest that standard dose chemotherapy for breast cancer may
cross the blood–brain barrier. However, the evidence for chemotherapy‐induced cognitive …

Cognitive impairments associated with breast cancer treatments: results from a longitudinal study

C Quesnel, J Savard, H Ivers - Breast cancer research and treatment, 2009 - Springer
Purpose Published cross-sectional studies have revealed that chemotherapy for breast
cancer is associated with significant cognitive impairments. However, because these studies …

Neurocognitive changes in cancer survivors

DD Correa, TA Ahles - The Cancer Journal, 2008 - journals.lww.com
This article provides an overview of the most recent literature on the cognitive adverse
effects of chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer. The prevalence of cognitive …

Chemotherapy and cognitive function in breast cancer patients: the so-called chemo brain

K Hermelink - Journal of the National Cancer Institute …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Self-perceived problems of cognitive functioning after treatment for early-stage breast cancer
have the potential to substantially affect the lives of patients. In the past two decades …

Assessing cognitive dysfunction in breast cancer: what are the tools?

JR Freeman, DK Broshek - Clinical Breast Cancer, 2002 - Elsevier
The goal of adjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer is to reduce recurrence
and mortality. With respect to quality of life and morbidity, however, such treatments come at …

Renaming “chemobrain”

A Hurria, G Somlo, T Ahles - Cancer Investigation, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
A subset of breast cancer survivors are reporting cognitive impairment after cancer
treatment, which has commonly been attributed to the receipt of chemotherapy and …

Breast cancer chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction

TA Ahles, AJ Saykin - Clinical breast cancer, 2002 - Elsevier
Cognitive side effects of systemic chemotherapy have become an increasing concern
among breast cancer survivors, their families, and health care professionals. A growing body …

Cognitive functioning after adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy for early‐stage breast carcinoma

KA Donovan, BJ Small, MA Andrykowski… - … Journal of the …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that women diagnosed with early‐stage breast
carcinoma may experience cognitive problems as a consequence of adjuvant chemotherapy …