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Neuropsychological studies in breast cancer: in search of chemobrain

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Supported in part by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Steven Castellon

  2. Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry, West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Steven Castellon

  3. Division of Cancer Prevention & Control Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA Schools of Medicine & Public Health, 650 Charles Young Dr. South, Room A2-125 CHS, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-6900, USA

    Patricia A. Ganz

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This is an invited commentary to doi:10.1007/s10549-005-9114-7.

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Castellon, S., Ganz, P.A. Neuropsychological studies in breast cancer: in search of chemobrain. Breast Cancer Res Treat 116, 125–127 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-008-0211-2

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