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Post-Chemo Memory Loss Isn't All in the Head

Doctors catch onto "chemo brain"

By Max Brallier, Newser User

Posted Apr 29, 2007 8:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – Docs are finally cluing in to "chemo brain," the fuzzy-headed forgetfulness following treatment that cancer survivors have long suffered—and doctors long denied. The condition, suffered by roughly 15% of breast cancer survivors, refers to a laundry list of memory-loss issues that researchers... Read full story »

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