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Lani · 11-15-2011, 11:12 PM

No mention of antiestrogen treatment in these abstracts, news items. I will look at the original article and see if they are mentioned. It seems Estrogen signalling is very important in the brain (even in men!), so I can't see how they would fail to mention it.

Breast cancers secrete many substances. Perhaps some of them are acting on the brain. It would not just be fear, stress, lack of sleep or worry as those go with many things besides breast cancer without showing the same brain changes.

Lots to find out!

11-15-2011, 11:12 PM	#5
Lani Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,778	Re: brain changes associated w chemo induced cognitive dysfunction identified No mention of antiestrogen treatment in these abstracts, news items. I will look at the original article and see if they are mentioned. It seems Estrogen signalling is very important in the brain (even in men!), so I can't see how they would fail to mention it. Breast cancers secrete many substances. Perhaps some of them are acting on the brain. It would not just be fear, stress, lack of sleep or worry as those go with many things besides breast cancer without showing the same brain changes. Lots to find out!