Open AccessClearing the Fog surrounding Chemobrain
Author(s) -
David H. Gutmann
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2018.12.027
Subject(s) - chemotherapy , cognition , cognitive impairment , cancer , cognitive decline , oncology , biology , medicine , bioinformatics , neuroscience , dementia , disease
With the advent of more successful chemotherapies, the number of cancer survivors continues to increase. Unfortunately, many of these patients will exhibit long-term sequelae from their treatments, including serious cognitive deficits that impair daily function. In this issue of Cell, Gibson et al. (2019) demonstrate that chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment is orchestrated by microglia.
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