Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy- Group 1 (experimental group) * Participants must meet the following criteria on screening examination to be eligible to participate in the behavioral +/- imaging components of study * New diagnosis histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer * Treatment plan to include chemotherapy * Female subjects age ≥ 60 years. * Life expectancy ≥ 1 year * Karnofsky Performance Score (KPS) ≥ 80 * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. * Non-treated breast cancer patient controls- Group 2 (control group) * Participants must meet the following criteria on screening examination to be eligible to participate in the behavioral +/- imaging components of study: * New diagnosis histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer * Treatment plan does not include chemotherapy * Age ≥ 60 years. * Life expectancy ≥ 1 year * Karnofsky Performance Score (KPS) ≥ 80 * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. * Healthy control subjects- Group 3 (control group) * Participants must meet the following criteria on screening examination to be eligible to participate in the behavioral +/- imaging components of study: * Age ≥ 60 years. * Life expectancy ≥ 1 year * Karnofsky Performance Score (KPS) ≥ 80 * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. * Participants with well-controlled vascular risk factors, such as treated hypertension, treated hyperlipidemia or well-controlled Type II diabetes (glucose levels \<250) may be included. * Serum Pregnancy Testing: STAT quantitative serum hCG pregnancy testing for all women of childbearing potential. Imaging will not start until and unless the test result returns negative. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants who exhibit any of the following conditions at screening will not be eligible for admission into the study: * Participants with clinical or radiographic evidence of metastatic CNS disease * Subjects with MMSE scores below 24 * Active or history of major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, major affective disorder in mid-life, or treatment with ECT (Mild depression that is well treated with stable dose of SSRI antidepressants may be allowed). * Substance abuse within the past 2 years * Huntington's disease, hydrocephalus or seizure disorder * In addition to exclusion criteria above, participants who exhibit any of the following conditions at screening will not be eligible for admission into imaging portion of the study: * Participants with contraindications to MRI (i.e., implanted metal including pacemakers, cerebral spinal fluid shunts, aneurysm clips, artificial heart valves, ear implants or metal/foreign objects in the eyes and those with a history of claustrophobia), injuries to the eyes with metal without X-ray documentation that metal was removed