Prechemotherapy differences in response inhibition in breast cancer patients compared to controls: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

@article{Scherling2012PrechemotherapyDI,
  title={Prechemotherapy differences in response inhibition in breast cancer patients compared to controls: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study},
  author={Carole S. Scherling and Barbara Collins and Joyce Mackenzie and Catherine Helen Bielajew and Andra M. Smith},
  journal={Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology},
  year={2012},
  volume={34},
  pages={543 - 560}
}
Prechemotherapy neuroimaging data are lacking in posttreatment cognitive impairment studies. Breast cancer patients and noncancer controls were scanned prior to chemotherapy during a response inhibition task. Task reaction times and error rates, as well as neuropsychological tests, hospital records, and salivary biomarkers, were investigated, yielding no significant group differences. Significant group differences observed for the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data depended on… 
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