Learning problems after cancer Treatment in childhood Volume 6 - Issue 2

Amani Saleh Hadi Saeed*

• Specialist of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, MB, BCH MSc National Oncology Center-Aden, Yemen

Received: March 13, 2021   Published: March 23, 2021

Corresponding author: Amani Saleh Hadi Saeed, Specialist of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, MB, BCH MSc National Oncology Center-Aden, Yemen

DOI: 10.32474/SCSOAJ.2021.06.000234

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Abstract

Cancer -associated cognitive impairment, commonly known as Chemo brain, is an adverse effect of cancer and its treatment that survivors experience to varying degrees. Symptoms generally include attention and concentration difficulties, reduced processing speed and executive function, and compromised short- term memory. chemo brain affects more than one third of all survivors of childhood cancers. Concerns about the neurocognitive sequelae of treatment for childhood cancer have been voiced since the 1960s.

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