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Could chemotherapy affect your brain?
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Yes, : Central neurotoxicity (brain) can occur with chemotherapy through mechanisms of less well defined. It is dose-related and has accumulated effect. The symptoms could range from minor cognitive deficits (chemobrain) to encephalopathy with progressive dementia.
Answered 4/13/2016
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