WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 - Despite promising discoveries and multibillion-dollar investments, cancer research is quietly undergoing a crisis. Federal drug regulators will soon announce several initiatives that they hope will help salvage the field.
Discussing the side effect called "chemo brain" or cognitive disfunction is nothing new to this forum. I only want to stress two points.
1) Forums have been wondering about this side effect for years. Oncology is just now getting around to studying it. Knowledge of possible side effects from toxic chemo/radiation and its possible prevention is just as important as the possible theraputic effects of toxic chemos/radiation.