Researcher
Shelli Kesler at Stanford University
Study Review
This study at Stanford University is investigating the brain function problems associated with breast cancer and its treatment. The researchers were looking to enroll at least 180 volunteers. The Call to Action for this study was sent to Army of Women members on April 16, 2009. The researchers were able to close enrollment on May 4, 2009, after the Army of Women provided them with 1,341 women who were interested in enrolling in the study.
Research Webinar:
Cognitive and Emotional Effects of Breast Cancer Study
Resulting Publications:
- Neurotoxic Effects of Anthracycline- vs Nonanthracycline-Based Chemotherapy on Cognition in Breast Cancer Survivors
- Task-based neurofeedback training: A novel approach toward training executive functions
- Brain network alterations and vulnerability to simulated neurodegeneration in breast cancer
- Default mode network as a potential biomarker of chemotherapy-related brain injury
- Multivariate pattern analysis of FMRI in breast cancer survivors and healthy women
- Default mode network connectivity distinguishes chemotherapy-treated breast cancer survivors from controls
- Elevated prefrontal myo-inositol and choline following breast cancer chemotherapy
- Reduced hippocampal volume and verbal memory performance associated with interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels in chemotherapy-treated breast cancer survivors
- Cognitive training for improving executive function in chemotherapy-treated breast cancer survivors
- GAT: a graph-theoretical analysis toolbox for analyzing between-group differences in large-scale structural and functional brain networks
- Altered small-world properties of gray matter networks in breast cancer
- Prefrontal cortex and executive function impairments in primary breast cancer
- Altered resting state functional brain network topology in chemotherapy-treated breast cancer survivors