silver lining!

carkris
carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
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somCancer History Linked to Reduced Alzheimer's Risk


Susan Jeffrey

April 21, 2011 (Honolulu, Hawaii) — A new analysis of data from the Framingham Heart Study suggests that survivors of cancer, particularly nonskin cancers, appear to have a reduced risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

The relationship persisted when the researchers limited their analysis to patients who survived at least 10 years after their cancer, which would appear to rule out a survival bias.

"What we're seeing is the same kind of pattern in Alzheimer's that has been shown in Parkinson's," Jane A. Driver, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, told Medscape Medical News.

Although it might be a small comfort to cancer survivors to have a lower risk for AD in front of them, Dr. Driver said, the key implication here is that there may be biological pathways driving the association that may help illuminate both pathologic processes


Not sure how to feel about this!! LOL!

Comments

  • BioAdoptMom
    BioAdoptMom Member Posts: 358
    #2
    Very interesting!
    Nancy

    Very interesting!

    Nancy
  • mariam_11_09
    mariam_11_09 Member Posts: 691 Member
    #3
    I can understand that the

    I can understand that the association might help in them finding some treatment for Alzheimers. However you won't get Alzheimers you'll just have chemo brain! ha ha ha! Just a little black humour there. I just can't help myself.
  • New Flower
    New Flower Member Posts: 4,294
    #4
    mariam_11_09 said:

    I can understand that the

    I can understand that the association might help in them finding some treatment for Alzheimers. However you won't get Alzheimers you'll just have chemo brain! ha ha ha! Just a little black humour there. I just can't help myself.

    Great comfort for Chemo brain survivors
    Eventually we are having great news! I felt down whole day for various reasons and now I got positive news.
    Penny,
    You made me smile. Thanks
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #5
    BioAdoptMom said:

    Very interesting!
    Nancy

    Very interesting!

    Nancy

    Yes, interesting!
    Jan

    Yes, interesting!


    Jan
  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
    #6
    New Flower said:

    Great comfort for Chemo brain survivors
    Eventually we are having great news! I felt down whole day for various reasons and now I got positive news.
    Penny,
    You made me smile. Thanks

    At least something good
    At least something good might come out of it.

    Thanks!
  • Lighthouse_7
    Lighthouse_7 Member Posts: 1,566 Member
    #7
    Angie2U said:

    At least something good
    At least something good might come out of it.

    Thanks!

    Well, this is good news. Of
    Well, this is good news. Of course chemo brain is here already! LOL
    Thanks Carkris!
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #8
    Lighthouse_7 said:

    Well, this is good news. Of
    Well, this is good news. Of course chemo brain is here already! LOL
    Thanks Carkris!

    I just have cancer brain
    I just have cancer brain :(


    Thanks for sharing!


    Jan
  • laughs_a_lot
    laughs_a_lot Member Posts: 1,368 Member
    #9
    Lucky me
    This is especially good news since my mother had late life alzheimers. I had asked the chemo doctor yesterday if the chemo might just change the neurotransmitters in my brain so that I would no longer have ADD. He said no. Darn it! I was hoping to rid myself of a life long problem.

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