UK Researchers Seek to Identify Ways to Relieve Post-Chemotherapy Cognitive Impairment
By Gail Hairston and Allison Perry
Of the 14 million cancer survivors in the United States, a significant number experience a serious side effect called chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment (CICI). While easily recognized, little is known about the etiology of this condition, also known informally as 鈥渃hemo brain.鈥 CICI can significantly reduce patients鈥 quality of life with serious, even devastating, symptoms such as memory lapses, difficulty concentrating, negative impacts on multitasking, confusion and fatigue.