Neurocognitive

Feasibility of baseline neurocognitive assessment using Cogstate during the first month of therapy for childhood leukemia

Authors: Stephen A Sands, Brian T Harel, Mirko Savone, Kara Kelly, Veena Vijayanathan, Jennifer Greene Welch, Lynda Vrooman, Lewis B Silverman, Peter D Cole

Journal: Supportive Care in Cancer

Year Published: 2016

Purpose: Neurocognitive impairment is frequently observed among acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survivors within the domains of intelligence, attention, processing speed, working memory, learning, and memory. However, few have investigated treatment-induced changes in neurocognitive function during the […]

CogState computerized memory tests in patients with brain metastases: secondary endpoint results of NRG Oncology RTOG 0933

Authors: Chip Caine, Snehal Deshmukh, Vinai Gondi, Minesh Mehta, Wolfgang Tomé, Benjamin W Corn, Andrew Kanner, Howard Rowley, Vijayananda Kundapur, Albert DeNittis, Jeffrey Noah Greenspoon, Andre A Konski, Glenn S Bauman, Adam Raben, Wenyin Shi, Merideth Wendland, Lisa Kachnic

Journal: Journal of Neuro-oncology

Year Published: 2015

Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is associated with memory dysfunction. As part of NRG Oncology RTOG 0933, a phase II study of WBRT for brain metastases that conformally avoided the hippocampal stem cell compartment (HA-WBRT), memory was […]

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