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Statins might help protect cancer patients from 'chemo brain'

Patients taking the drugs had better executive function than those on a placebo

Protection lasted up to two years after treatment

MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The most common cholesterol drug around might help protect cancer patients from “chemo brain.”

Statins appeared to protect breast and lymphoma cancer patients’ brain function for up to two years after their cancer treatment , researchers recently reported in JAMA Network Open .

“Cancer treatment can be debilitating, and cognitive decline arising from chemotherapy treatment can sometimes last long after treatment concludes,” said lead researcher Pamela Jill Grizzard , assistant director of research compliance and regulatory affairs at

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