Stress And How Breast Cancer Patients Manage It Can Affect Brain Function Even Before Chemotherapy Begins

Friday, Dec. 21st 2012 4:12 PM

Women undergoing treatment for breast cancer can experience cognitive declines, such as decreased verbal fluency or loss of memory and attention. Often experienced by patients undergoing chemotherapy, the declines have become known as “chemo brain.” However, a health psychologist at the University of Missouri says “chemo brain” isn’t always to blame.

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