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Breast Cancer
Findings from M. Poppelreuter et al in breast cancer reported
May 14th, 2009
According to a study from Freiburg, Germany, "Neuropsychological deficits are among the negative side effects of adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. We compared the effects of two types of neuropsychological interventions against a control group with no specific training in a total of 96 female in-patients undergoing oncological rehabilitation." "Most results of a comprehensive neuropsychological test battery improved significantly during the patients' oncological rehabilitation in all three groups; we identified no specific intervention effects. We observed little overall correlation between the neuropsychological test results and the patients' own appraisals of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-05-14)
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