Chemo fog : cancer chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment

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Label

Chemo fog : cancer chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment

Title remainder

cancer chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment

Statement of responsibility

edited by Robert B. Raffa, Ronald J. Tallarida

Contributor

• Raffa, Robert B
• Tallarida, Ronald J

Subject

• Antineoplastic Agents -- pharmacokinetics
• Antineoplastic Agents -- toxicity
• Antineoplastic agents -- Side effects
• Cancer -- Chemotherapy | Complications
• Cognition Disorders -- chemically induced
• Cognition disorders
• Drug Therapy -- adverse effects
• Medicine
• Models, Animal
• Neurotoxic agents
• Neurotoxicity Syndromes

Language

eng

Summary

The editors of this book are professors who are engaged in research on areas that compromise the total healing of body and mind in this patient population. One particular component of the need for survivor care is the memory problems and cognitive deficits experienced by some. The condition has been given a name - actually many names, such as chemo fog, chemo brain, and others. These names reflect the belief that the cause of the problem is the chemotherapy that they received as part of their treatment. In some cases the chemo fog/'chemo brain' is transient while in others it is of longer dura

Member of

• Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 678
• Online access with purchase: Springer

Cataloging source

GW5XE

Dewey number

616.99/4061

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

RC271.C5

LC item number

C387 2010

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Advances in experimental medicine and biology

Series volume

v. 678