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William S. Maxfield, MD, FACNM
National Hyperbarics, Inc.  
34918 US Hwy. 19 North  
Palm Harbor , Florida 33684

Chemo Brain Response To HBOT

A 56-year old woman was diagnosed in 1993 with breast cancer. She had a lumpectomy followed by six weeks of radiation therapy and six months of chemotherapy with Cytoxan, methotrexate, and fluorocuracil. Tamoxifen therapy was given for five years. Shortly after starting chemotherapy, she noted a gradual and progressive memory impairment with confusion, poor ability to recall recent events and understand information provided to her. She had a tendency to misplace her possessions and lost interest in many of the activities she had participated in previously, including playing bridge. Her reading comprehension deteriorated and she no longer was able to cook many of the dishes that she had prepared in the past. Because of the cognitive defect, she had to stop working in 1996. The patient was evaluated for HBOT on 04-05-02 . She received 20 treatments of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for 1 hour at full pressure of 1.5 ATA. At her last evaluation on 07-08-02 , the patient reported that there had been significant improvement in her memory and she was no longer in a “fog”. There was significant improvement in her ability to analyze and think out tasks that she needed to perform which she could not do before HBOT. Due to her memory improvement she has been able to return to work for the first time in six years

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