Dr. Christopher Comstock, a radiologist who specializes in breast cancer imaging, talks about the results of clinical trial EA1141 and how it will hopefully give far more women access to a powerful tool in the fight against breast cancer
Cognitive loss—or ‘brain fog’—involves memory problems, a lack of mental clarity, and difficulty keeping one’s focus. Cancer-related brain fog is common during treatment. This study dispels the idea that it is only from chemotherapy.
This study showed that surgery followed by low-dose radiation alone led to very good outcomes, similar to surgery with standard-dose radiation, preserving patients’ throat function and potentially sparing them unnecessary side effects.