The long term side effects of cancer treatment: chemo brain

New evidence of ‘chemo brain’ proves cognitive damage from cancer treatment isn’t ‘all in your head’
Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net

Can­cer sur­vivors every­where are nod­ding in agree­ment today: “chemo brain” is real, as those of us who have expe­ri­enced the cog­ni­tive dam­age asso­ci­at­ed with chemother­a­py already know. Mem­o­ry loss, prob­lems with con­cen­tra­tion an…

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