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Times of India | Dec 12, 2011
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Breast-cancer-treatment-affects-memory/articleshow/11082553.cms
Experts have revealed that breast cancer survivors may experience problems with certain mental abilities several years after treatment, regardless of whether they were treated with chemotherapy plus radiation or radiation only.
The study indicated that there might be common and treatment-specific ways that cancer therapies negatively affect cancer survivors' mental abilities.
Previous research had suggested that chemotherapy could cause problems with memory and concentration in breast cancer survivors.
To compare the effects of different types of cancer treatment on such mental abilities, Paul Jacobsen, PhD, of the Moffitt Cancer Centre and Research Institute in Tampa, and his colleagues examined 62 breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy plus radiation, 67 patients treated with radiation only, and 184 women with no history of cancer.