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Cognitive issues same in younger women?

Page last modified on: October 10, 2008
Question from Kathy: Are younger women experiencing this cognitive difficulty at the same rate as older women?
Answer —Patricia Ganz, M.D.: That's an excellent question. We really haven't had large enough studies of women of all ages to answer this question. My clinical impression is, though, that this is more common in women less than 55 years of age.

On Wednesday, August 16, 2006, our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Thinking and Memory ChallengesPatricia A. Ganz, M.D. and  moderator Marisa Weiss, M.D. answered your questions about the memory and concentration challenges that can happen during and after breast cancer treatment.


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Patricia A. Ganz, M.D.Patricia A. Ganz, M.D. is a medical oncologist and a professor in the schools of medicine and public health at UCLA, and is director of the division of cancer prevention and control research at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center there.

Marisa Weiss, M.D. is a radiation oncologist specializing in breast cancer and the founder, president, and guiding force behind Breastcancer.org.

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