Many patients experience "chemobrain" — mental clouding or fogginess — during and after cancer treatment.
While pain is not a common side effect of chemotherapy, a person may experience pain during or after chemotherapy delivery.
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When chemotherapy is your first treatment for cancer, it’s called ‘‘neoadjuvant therapy.’’ It’s often used for advanced breast cancer or large tumors that complicate surgery. But it has other equally important benefits.
NCI-funded researchers are working to advance our understanding of how to prevent, detect, and treat breast cancer. They are also looking at how to address disparities and improve quality of life for survivors of the disease.
The holidays bring celebration, tradition, and joy, but also obligation and expectation. This season can be stressful under the best circumstances, but add a cancer diagnosis or treatment into the mix, and the weight can become unbearable.
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Under certain circumstances, people with breast cancer may have the opportunity to choose between total removal of a breast (mastectomy) and breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy) followed by radiation.
ERX-41, discovered by UT Southwestern scientists, exploits a previously unrecognized weakness in breast cancer and other solid tumors.
Chemotherapy, says Dr. Theriault, has a major effect on bone health by shutting down the ovaries and causing early menopause in premenopausal women. "This results in a hypoestrogen state with negative impact on bone density."