{"id":223319,"date":"2025-10-13T08:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/chemo-brain-cognitive-issues-linked-to-poor-lymphatic-system-drainage"},"modified":"2025-10-13T08:06:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:06:49","slug":"chemo-brain-cognitive-issues-linked-to-poor-lymphatic-system-drainage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/chemo-brain-cognitive-issues-linked-to-poor-lymphatic-system-drainage","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Chemo brain\u2019 cognitive issues linked to poor lymphatic-system drainage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/chemo-brain-cognitive-issues-linked-to-poor-lymphatic-system-drainage.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cancer is a challenging enough diagnosis, but many patients are dealt a second blow, even as they heal: \u201cchemo brain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also called \u201cbrain fog,\u201d this mix of cognitive issues\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/memory+problems\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">memory problems<\/a>, struggling to find words, an inability to concentrate\u2014affects up to three-in-four cancer patients, according to multiple studies. For many, the effects last years beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/cancer+treatment\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">cancer treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A new study offers new models for studying causes of <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/chemo+brain\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">chemo brain<\/a> and points to the effects of chemotherapy drugs on the brain\u2019s lymphatic system, which is a network of tiny vessels in the brain\u2019s protective membranes that help remove waste and transport immune cells. The study was published Oct. 13 in <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s42003-025-08784-4\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Communications Biology<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cancer is a challenging enough diagnosis, but many patients are dealt a second blow, even as they heal: \u201cchemo brain.\u201d Also called \u201cbrain fog,\u201d this mix of cognitive issues\u2014 memory problems, struggling to find words, an inability to concentrate\u2014affects up to three-in-four cancer patients, according to multiple studies. For many, the effects last years beyond [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}