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AlaskaAngel · 09-30-2010, 11:08 AM

This article was both encouraging and discouraging to me... The exciting thing is, like Idelle says, this time they didn't just wait until chemo was over and then examine patients.

The discouraging thing is knowing that even though the examination technology has existed for years and years, until now they haven't considered possible brain damage with treatment worth making the effort to image the brain before giving the therapy. Why gather proof of damage if it just might show that treatment in low-risk for recurrence groups doesn't make good sense?

AlaskaAngel

09-30-2010, 11:08 AM	#4
AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	Re: more evidence of "chemobrain" (and maybe hope) This article was both encouraging and discouraging to me... The exciting thing is, like Idelle says, this time they didn't just wait until chemo was over and then examine patients. The discouraging thing is knowing that even though the examination technology has existed for years and years, until now they haven't considered possible brain damage with treatment worth making the effort to image the brain before giving the therapy. Why gather proof of damage if it just might show that treatment in low-risk for recurrence groups doesn't make good sense? AlaskaAngel __________________ Dx 2002 age 51 bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother. ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3 IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3 Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen Rads necrosis BRCA 1 & 2 negative Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3 Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI NED