Pretreatment cancer related cognitive impairment and associated psychological factors: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cancer related cognitive impairment (CRCI) describes issues patients can experience with attention, memory and focus. Understanding the causes of CRCI and the experience of CRCI prior to surgery or treatment is important. Exploring the role of anxiety and depression can aid in understanding how psychological variables may interact with CRCI. Inclusion of both objective CRCI and subjective measures also helps to further understand the relationship between neuropsychological test scores, and self-reported experience. This systematic review was conducted to explore levels of objectively measured and subjectively reported pretreatment CRCI, their inter-relationship, their association with anxiety and depression across cancer types, and changes in CRCI trajectory.

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SUBMITTER: Scriney A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12819741 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature