Chemobrain: NOT from Chemo?

Over the past 6 years, I’ve watched as chemobrain research has gone from “you’re imagining it” to “the drugs did it” to “we’re not quite sure what causes it.” This isn’t scientists running in circles. It’s called ongoing research. This is how the important discoveries that lead to better and more effective breast cancer treatment are nailed down. Lots of trials… lots of error. But that trial-and-error is a necessary foundation for what will eventually become real, proven knowledge. For what will, someday, be the conclusive evidence that the “chemobrain” suffered by up to 85% of chemo-treated breast cancer survivors is caused by a combination of drugs, stress, hormones, genetic predisposition, and “we’re not quite sure what else–but we’ll find out.”