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No adverse effects of adjuvant chemotherapy on hippocampal volumein Japanese breast cancer survivors

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We investigated the adverse effects of adjuvant chemotherapy on the hippocampus in Japanese breast cancer survivors with (n=44) and without (n=31) adjuvant chemotherapy. There were no significant differences in hippocampal volume (magnetic resonance imaging) or additionally in memory function (Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised) between the two groups.

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  1. Psycho-Oncology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Japan, 277-8577

    Eisho Yoshikawa, Yutaka Matsuoka, Masatoshi Inagaki, Tomohito Nakano, Tatsuo Akechi, Makoto Kobayakawa, Maiko Fujimori, Naoki Nakaya, Nobuya Akizuki & Yosuke Uchitomi

  2. Psychiatry Division, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo

    Eisho Yoshikawa

  3. Adult Mental Health Division, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Ichikawa, Tokyo

    Yutaka Matsuoka

  4. Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Tokyo

    Tomohito Nakano

  5. Division of Breast Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Tokyo

    Shigeru Imoto

  6. Department of Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Tokyo

    Koji Murakami

  7. Psychiatry Division, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Tokyo

    Nobuya Akizuki

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Yoshikawa, E., Matsuoka, Y., Inagaki, M. et al. No adverse effects of adjuvant chemotherapy on hippocampal volumein Japanese breast cancer survivors. Breast Cancer Res Treat 92, 81–84 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-005-1412-6

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