Department of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey.
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Clin Interv Aging. 2020 May 19;15:691-693. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S252229. eCollection 2020.
Chemobrain is one of the problems that may arise during or after treatment and there is currently no specific treatment for this condition. Our case was a 76-year-old female patient who presented to our clinic with complaints of forgetfulness that did not affect daily living activities for the last year. Breast cancer was diagnosed in 2013 and she has been receiving anastrozole treatment for 6 years after local mass excision surgery and radiotherapy. After a comprehensive geriatric evaluation, cognitive impairment due to systemic cancer therapy was detected and treatment was started with Theracurmin 90 mg twice a day therapy. After 3-months of Theracurmin therapy, she had no cognitive improvement during the follow-up. This case report demonstrated that Theracurmin treatment may be a new option for chemobrain.
化疗脑是治疗期间或治疗后可能出现的问题之一,目前对此病症尚无特定的治疗方法。我们的病例是一位 76 岁的女性患者,她因过去一年记忆力减退但不影响日常生活活动而到我们诊所就诊。2013 年诊断出乳腺癌,局部肿块切除手术后并进行放射治疗,她已接受阿那曲唑治疗 6 年。经过全面的老年综合评估,发现由于全身癌症治疗导致认知障碍,并开始每天两次 Theracurmin 90mg 治疗。Theracurmin 治疗 3 个月后,在随访期间她的认知功能没有改善。本病例报告表明,Theracurmin 治疗可能是化疗脑的一种新选择。