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The systems of the body most affected by chemotherapy drugs include visual and semantic memory, attention and motor coordination and executive functioning. [9] [10] These effects can impair a chemotherapy patient's ability to understand and make decisions regarding treatment, perform in school or employment and can reduce quality of life. [10]
If a patient experiences such abnormalities in sensation, then CIPN should be suspected. Furthermore, most CIPN symptoms appear during the first two months of treatment, progress during treatment, and stabilize after completion. It would be unexpected for CIPN to first appear weeks or months after the last dose of chemotherapy treatment. [1]
"Early delayed radiation-induced myelopathy" can manifest from six weeks to six months after treatment; the usual symptom is a Lhermitte sign ("a brief, unpleasant sensation of numbness, tingling and often electric-like discharge going from the neck to the spine and extremities, triggered by neck flexion"), usually followed by improvement two ...
Women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, who also began an aerobic exercise program at the same time, reported significant improvements in both cognitive function and quality of life.
Injuries to the testicles and cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiation can cause low testosterone levels. So can some medications (including hormones used to treat prostate cancer), aging ...
Anneka Johnstone died in 2019, just six months after being diagnosed with an aggressive type of cancer Woman who thought dizziness caused by ‘baby brain’ dies aged 33 after glioblastoma ...
Chemotherapy is a major cause of emesis, and often can cause severe and frequent emetic responses. This is because chemotherapy agents circulating in the blood activate the CTZ in such a way as to cause emesis. [13] Patients receiving chemotherapy are often prescribed antiemetic medications.
However, there is a chance cancer may sometimes come back after a drug treatment or chemotherapy. There are three primary treatments for most cancers, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy.