Investigation of chemotherapy-induced brain structural alterations in breast cancer patients with generalized q-sampling MRI and graph theoretical analysis

Table 2 Correlation between neuropsychological assessment scales and GQI indices

		MMSE	FACT-Cog			CAMS-R	IES-R	HADS
		MMSE	Perceived cognitive impairments	Impact on quality of life	Comments from others	CAMS-R	IES-R	Anxiety	Depression
Right superior corona radiata	a	☆
Left superior corona radiata	b	☆				☆△
Right cerebral peduncle	c	△
Left cerebral peduncle	c	☆					★
Right corticospinal tract	d	△
Left corticospinal tract	d	☆△
Right superior frontal gyrus	e	△
Left superior frontal gyrus	f				△		▲
Right middle frontal gyrus	g			☆△
Left middle frontal gyrus	h	△				☆△
Right superior longitudinal fasciculus	i	△
Left superior longitudinal fasciculus	j					☆
Right middle temporal gyrus	k					☆
Left anterior limb of internal capsule	l						▲
Left post-central blade	m			△
Left precuneus	n				△
Left anterior corona radiata	o		☆△		△
Right superior parietal loblue	p								▲
Right inferior parietal loblue	q								▲
Right cingulate gyrus	r		☆△
Sagittal stratum	s	☆
Medial lemniscus	t	☆
Column and body of fornix	u	△
Pontine crossing tract	v	△
Genu of corpus callosum	w	☆△
Splenium of corpus callosum	x	☆△		△	△			★▲

☆ = GFA(┼), ★ = GFA(—)
△ = NQA(┼), ▲ = NQA(—)
☆ means that GFA was positively correlated with neuropsychological assessment scales
★ means that GFA was negatively correlated with neuropsychological assessment scales
△ means that NQA was positively correlated with neuropsychological assessment scales
▲ means that NQA was negatively correlated with neuropsychological assessment scales

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