ArticleJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2015
Cognitive Function in Patients With Colorectal Cancer Who Do and Do Not Receive Chemotherapy: A Prospective, Longitudinal, Controlled Study.
Article in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03683004 (Chemotherapy-Related Changes in Neurocognitive Function and Symptoms in Colorectal Cancer Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 131 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Chemotherapy-Related Changes in Neurocognitive Function and Symptoms in Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study
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131 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 261 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Prevalence of cognitive impairment following chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Cognitive Impairment in Colorectal Cancer Survivors Who Received Chemotherapy.Oncology nursing forum · 2021Pooled it
- Neurocognitive Effects of Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis of 11 Studies.Cancer research and treatment · 2021Pooled it
- A systematic review of the association between fatigue and cognition in chronic noncommunicable diseases.Chronic illness · 2021Pooled it
- Cognitive Effects and Depression Associated With Taxane-Based Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Pooled it
- Systematic review of cognitive sequelae of non-central nervous system cancer and cancer therapy.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2020Pooled it
- Computerized programs for cancer survivors with cognitive problems: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2019Pooled it
- Cognitive rehabilitation for cancer-related cognitive dysfunction: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Pooled it
- Genetic Modulation of Neurocognitive Development in Cancer Patients throughout the Lifespan: a Systematic Review.Neuropsychology review · 2019Pooled it
- Systematic review of self-reported cognitive function in cancer patients following chemotherapy treatment.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2018Pooled it
- A randomised controlled trial evaluating two cognitive rehabilitation approaches for cancer survivors with perceived cognitive impairment.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Trial
- Association of fall rate and functional status byOncotarget · 2022Trial
- Cancer-related cognitive impairment in patients with newly diagnosed aggressive lymphoma undergoing standard chemotherapy: a longitudinal feasibility study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Trial
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- Associations between inflammatory markers and cognitive function in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.Journal of neuroimmunology · 2018Trial
- Self-Reported Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment and Psychosocial Symptom Burden in Survivors of Head and Neck Cancer.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
purposeCognitive dysfunction is reported in people with cancer. Therefore, we evaluated longitudinal changes in cognitive function and underlying mechanisms in people with colorectal cancer (CRC) and healthy controls (HCs). PATIENTS AND
methodsParticipants completed cognitive assessments and questionnaires reporting cognitive symptoms, fatigue, quality of life, and anxiety/depression at baseline (before chemotherapy, if given) and 6, 12, and 24 months. Blood tests included cytokines, clotting factors, apolipoprotein E genotype, and sex hormones. Primary end point was overall cognitive function measured by the Global Deficit Score at 12 months.
resultsWe recruited 289 patients with localized CRC (173 received chemotherapy; median age, 59 years; 63% male), 73 patients with limited metastatic/recurrent CRC, and 72 HCs. Cognitive impairment was more frequent in patients with localized CRC than HCs at baseline (43% v 15%, respectively; P < .001) and 12 months (46% v 13%, respectively; P < .001), with no significant effect of chemotherapy. Attention/working memory, verbal learning/memory, and complex processing speed were most affected. Cognitive impairment was similar in patients with localized and metastatic CRC. Cytokine levels were elevated in patients with CRC compared with HCs. There was no association between overall cognitive function and fatigue, quality of life, anxiety/depression, or any blood test. Cognitive symptoms at 12 months were reported in 25% of patients with localized CRC versus 17% of HCs (P = .19). More participants who received chemotherapy had cognitive symptoms at 6 months (32%) versus those who did not (16%; P = .007), with no significant difference at 12 months (29% v 21%, respectively; P = .19). Objective cognitive function was only weakly associated with cognitive symptoms.
conclusionPatients with CRC had substantially more cognitive impairment at every assessment than HCs, with no significant added effect of chemotherapy. Mechanisms of cognitive impairment remain unknown.
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