Hi Everyone,
There's new research out, this time from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Karen Syrjala, PhD, and her team of scientists have found that patients who have undergone chemotherapy prior to receiving stem cell or bone marrow transplants to treat blood cancers, may suffer from some symptoms of chemo brain that are far more severe and long lasting than has generally been reported.
Although the 92 patients involved in the five-year study improved in some areas of cognitive functioning (multitasking, information processing, decision making), almost half showed no improvement in verbal learning and retention (word recall, sequencing of numbers and letters), or in motor dexterity (inserting toothpick-sized pegs into holes as quickly as possible).
Their findings have been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (May 2, 2011 online edition). To read the journal abstract, click here.
Other articles about this study:
Press release: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
New York Times (Tara Parker-Pope on Health)
Science Daily
Thanks so much to those of you who think of me when you come across an interesting article or study about chemo brain. I appreciate the links and all of your emails! Keep them coming!
-- Idelle
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