Risk of subsequent dementia diagnoses does not vary by types of adjuvant chemotherapy in older women with breast cancer

• Published in: Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 452 - 459
• Main Authors: Raji, Mukaila A., Tamborello, Lynsey P., Kuo, Yong-Fang, Ju, Hyunsu, Freeman, Jean L., Zhang, Dong D., Giordano, Sharon H., Goodwin, James S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Humana Press Inc 01.12.2009; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - adverse effects; Breast cancer; Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy; Breast Neoplasms - surgery; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; Dementia - chemically induced; Dementia - diagnosis; Female; Hematology; Humans; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Original Paper; Pathology; Risk Factors; SEER Program; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome; Aging; Oncology; Chemotherapy; Breast cancer; Dementia

Objective Little is known about long-term cognitive side effects of adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. We thus examined incidence of dementia diagnoses in older women diagnosed with breast cancer, stratified by types of chemotherapy regimen. Methods We identified patients with incident dementi...