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. 2018 Aug;41(8):493-496.
doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2018.05.001. Epub 2018 Jun 12.

A Call for a Neuroscience Approach to Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment

Todd S Horowitz  1 , Jerry Suls  2 , Melissa Treviño  2
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A Call for a Neuroscience Approach to Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment

Todd S Horowitz et al. Trends Neurosci. 2018 Aug.

Abstract

Cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is a widespread problem for the increasing population of cancer survivors. Our understanding of the nature, causes, and prevalence of CRCI is hampered by a reliance on clinical neuropsychological methods originally designed to detect focal lesions. Future progress will require collaboration between neuroscience and clinical neuropsychology.

Keywords: cancer; chemobrain; chemotherapy; cognitive impairment; neuroimaging; neuropsychological tests; survivorship.

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