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Cognitive Effects of Cancer and Cancer Treatments.

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As the population of cancer survivors has grown into the millions, there has been increasing emphasis on understanding how the late effects of treatment affect survivors' ability to return to work/school, their capacity to function and live independently, and their overall quality of life. This review focuses on cognitive change associated with cancer and cancer treatments. Research in this area has progressed from a pharmacotoxicology perspective to a view of the cognitive change as a complex interaction of aspects of the treatment, vulnerability factors that increase risk for posttreatment cognitive decline, cancer biology, and the biology of aging. Methodological advances include the development of (a) measurement approaches that assess more fine-grained subcomponents of cognition based on cognitive neuroscience and (b) advanced statistical approaches. Conceptual issues that arise from this multidimensional perspective are described in relation to future directions, understanding of mechanisms, and development of innovative interventions. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Clinical Psychology Volume 14 is May 7, 2018. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Year of Publication
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2018
Journal
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Annual review of clinical psychology
Date Published
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2018
ISSN Number
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1548-5943
URL
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http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050817-084903?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed
DOI
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10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050817-084903
Short Title
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Annu Rev Clin Psychol
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