Treatment Side Effects
Sometimes the simplest task or decision can seem too overwhelming, even for those who formerly juggled work, family, school, and other demands.
Feel Like You’re Losing Your Mind?
Chemo Brain May Be to Blame
by Gabriela Höhn, PhD
Knowing about chemo brain and ways to handle it can help you maintain a good quality of life during treatment and beyond. You’re not alone. Many survivors have gone through these challenges, and some of us still do. There’s nothing wrong with keeping your keys in the freezer and your cell phone in the laundry basket if that means you can find them when you need them.
Updated Guideline on the Use of Antiemetics to Prevent Vomiting and Nausea after Chemotherapy and Radiation Issued
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has issued an update to its clinical practice guideline on the use of antiemetic medications to prevent vomiting and nausea resulting from treatment with chemotherapy or radiation. The new guideline includes comprehensive, stratified recommendations on the use of antiemetics during treatment with chemotherapy drugs that are classified as high, moderate, minimal, and low risk for causing vomiting and nausea.
Cancer Therapy and Your Fertility
by Carolyn R. Kaplan, MD
Each year, cancer occurs in about 113 out of every 100,000 women under age 50 in the United States. Complicating matters, the trend toward delaying childbearing means that many women will not have had children when they are diagnosed. While it is known that cancer therapy can affect a woman’s fertility, fewer than 25 percent of oncologists inform women about their risks and options. Men with cancer have long been able to preserve their fertility by freezing their sperm. Unfortunately, sperm quality is often affected by cancer, and there may be poor sperm quality at the time of diagnosis.
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