Endocrine therapy is associated with low performance on some estrogen-sensitive cognitive tasks in postmenopausal women with breast cancer

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 836-846

  Lejbak, Lisa ^a   Vrbancic, Mirna ^a   Crossley, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anastrozole; Breast cancer; Cancer; Cognition; Endocrine therapy; Hormones; Memory; Processing speed; Tamoxifen; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; ANTIESTROGEN; NITRILE; TAMOXIFEN; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EFFECT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NITRILES; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAMOXIFEN; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 77957854041     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803391003596389     Document Type: Article

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