Dr. Shelli Kesler of Stanford University is doing research on the cognitive effects of breast cancer. The web site is http://breastcancer.stanford.edu/welcome.html
She has shown the effects on the brain using fMRI and is doing research with a rehabilition approach to improve/overcome the cognitive problems caused by chemo/cancer. She also has a blog http://www.kesler-shelli.blogspot.com/ This is very exciting and much needed research and it gives hope for cancer survivors that have been effected by chemobrain. Thank you Dr. Kesler for your work!

Dear TexasJoyce, I am a 6 year survivor of NHLymphoma and have also experienced ChemoBrain. While sitting in the VA hospital recently I read a very interesting article in Nursing2009, August issue. At Nursing2009.com, click on Archive, click on Volume 39,August issue 8, scroll down to Features, then to the article "Lost in the Fog: Understanding "chemo brain"". I hope you find it as informative as I did.

CURE recently published an article "Lifing the Fog," which discusses recent research into chemobrain. I hope this will help @Texasjoyce!

Another book which may help is Beyond Chemo Brain: Recovering after Surviving. You can find it at www.BeyondChemoBrain.com. It has a summary of the research on chemo brain, in addition to personal stories of recovery over a period of years.

How to Create a healing environment, Cope with cognitive deficits, Support the brain and the whole person during recovery, and Learn from the chemo brain experience.

Yes, chemo brain does last 10 years or more, for some % of people (possibly those with the ApoE4 gene, which is about 25% of the population). But even for us, there are many difference approaches to healing which, taken together, can make a big improvement in our lives.

Good luck and good health to us all!
Carol