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Best doctor to see for chemo brain?

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Question from LSuarez: What kind of doctor is the best specialist to see about chemo brain?: Answers —Christina Meyers, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.: I think a person needs to go to their oncologist first for a diagnostic workup of potential medical problems that might be contributing. Depending on those workups, a neuropsychologist would determine a person's strengths and weaknesses and what the treatment would be after that.; George Sledge, M.D.: I would add that for many patients, if they have a good general internist, the internist may be able to look into things like endocrine disorders, sleep apnea, or depression, which are treatable. Depending on the internist and oncologist, the internist may be able to do a better job there than the oncologist. But once one has excluded the common reversible causes, it's well worth the trip to a neuropsychologist, and that's something I do frequently with my patients.

On Wednesday, October 15, 2008, our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Managing Chemo Brain. Christina Meyers, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. and George Sledge, M.D. answered your questions about how long chemo brain can last, what treatments can be helpful, and current research on cognitive effects of breast cancer treatment.

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Christina Meyers, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. is a board certified neuropsychologist. She created the Neuropsychology Service in the newly formed Department of Neuro-Oncology at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in 1984.

George Sledge, M.D. is the Ballvé-Lantero Professor of Oncology at Indiana University at Indianapolis, where he co-directs Indiana University Simon Cancer Center's Breast Cancer Program.

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