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Radiotherapy causes chemo brain cognitive impairment
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Multiple clinical reviews and trials confirm that cranial radiotherapy is a recognized risk factor leading to neurocognitive impairment, often referred to as cognitive decline or chemo brain effects in cancer survivors.

Evidence for · 10
Radiation-Induced Brain Injury: Age Dependency of Neurocognitive Dysfunction Following Radiotherapy
2023 · cited by 46
Reviews clinical and experimental evidence showing radiation therapy-related brain damage with neurocognitive impairment is a common side effect.
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The provided papers consistently demonstrate that cranial radiotherapy causes neurocognitive decline, memory loss, and brain injury across both clinical and animal studies. There are no refuting studies present.

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Pretreatment Volume of MRI-Determined White Matter Injury Predicts Neurocognitive Decline After Hippocampal Avoidant Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases: Secondary Analysis of NRG Oncology Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0933
2019 · cited by 27
Investigates neurocognitive decline and memory changes after hippocampal avoidant whole-brain radiation therapy.
Defective autophagy of pericytes enhances radiation-induced senescence promoting radiation brain injury
2024 · cited by 26
Examines radiation-induced brain injury models associated with cognitive dysfunction.
Cognitive dysfunction induced by cranial radiotherapy: mechanisms and therapeutic methods.
2024 · cited by 11
Reviews how cranial radiotherapy damages normal brain tissues and induces cognitive dysfunction.
Functional network alterations in young brain tumor patients with radiotherapy-induced memory impairments and vascular injury
2022 · cited by 8
Evaluates functional network alterations and memory impairments in patients with radiotherapy-induced vascular injury.
Impact of prophylactic cranial irradiation and hippocampal sparing on 18F-FDG brain metabolism in small cell lung cancer patients.
2021 · cited by 7
Demonstrates that prophylactic cranial irradiation leads to significant metabolic decreases in brain regions associated with cognitive function.
Practice Patterns Related to Mitigation of Neurocognitive Decline in Patients Receiving Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy.
2021 · cited by 4
Discusses the well-established deleterious cognitive effects of whole-brain radiation therapy and strategies to mitigate decline.
Practice Patterns Related to Mitigation of Neurocognitive Decline in Patients Receiving Whole Brain Radiation Therapy
2022 · cited by 3
Notes the acknowledged deleterious cognitive effects of whole-brain radiation therapy in clinical practice patterns.
Senkyunolide I attenuates radiation-induced cognitive dysfunction by restoring PINK1-Parkin-mediated mitophagy and redox homeostasis.
2026 · cited by 1
Investigates experimental interventions for radiation-induced cognitive dysfunction as a prevalent long-term complication of cranial radiotherapy.
Neurocognitive Outcomes in Pediatric Brain Tumors Survivors
2017 · cited by 1
Identifies radiotherapy and its dose as major risk factors for IQ decline and neurocognitive disorders in brain tumor survivors.
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  1. Radiation-Induced Brain Injury: Age Dependency of Neurocognitive Dysfunction Following Radiotherapypeer-reviewedsupports
  2. Pretreatment Volume of MRI-Determined White Matter Injury Predicts Neurocognitive Decline After Hippocampal Avoidant Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases: Secondary Analysis of NRG Oncology Radiation Therappeer-reviewedsupports
  3. Defective autophagy of pericytes enhances radiation-induced senescence promoting radiation brain injurypeer-reviewedsupports
  4. Cognitive dysfunction induced by cranial radiotherapy: mechanisms and therapeutic methods.peer-reviewedsupports
  5. Functional network alterations in young brain tumor patients with radiotherapy-induced memory impairments and vascular injurypeer-reviewedsupports
  6. Impact of prophylactic cranial irradiation and hippocampal sparing on 18F-FDG brain metabolism in small cell lung cancer patients.peer-reviewedsupports
  7. Practice Patterns Related to Mitigation of Neurocognitive Decline in Patients Receiving Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy.peer-reviewedsame source L7supports
  8. Practice Patterns Related to Mitigation of Neurocognitive Decline in Patients Receiving Whole Brain Radiation Therapypeer-reviewedsame source L7supports
  9. Senkyunolide I attenuates radiation-induced cognitive dysfunction by restoring PINK1-Parkin-mediated mitophagy and redox homeostasis.peer-reviewedsupports
  10. Multicenter randomized phase II study of R-MPV-A chemoimmunotherapy with or without low-dose whole-brain radiotherapy for newly-diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. SIRT1 Activators as Geroprotective Agents in Brain Aging: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Neurocognitive Outcomes in Pediatric Brain Tumors Survivorspeer-reviewedsupports
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first checked05 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 8605 Aug 2026
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