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Cancer and chemobrain: Cancer diagnosis affects cognitive function

April 17, 2015 by

Breast cancer patients often display mild cognitive defects even before the initiation of chemotherapy. A new study now attributes the syndrome to post-traumatic stress induced by diagnosis of the disease.

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