User:22ilovecats22/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it relates to the topic of cognitive impairment/brain fog from chemo that I will be completing a project on for this class later in the semester. This topic is important because it is educational for those evaluating different options for treatment and taking into consideration the side effects of chemo. My preliminary impression was that the article was helpful and had a variety of information that would be beneficial to readers.

Evaluate the article
The opening section and the signs are symptoms were easy to read and set up the topic well, however I had a difficult time understanding all of the info in the proposed mechanisms section and felt there could have been more information on how patients would describe brain fog themselves, and how this could effect differing populations. I feel that additional content would be beneficial in relation to management of chemo brain and added to the "treatments" section, and specific info on if and how chemo brain differs in from treatments of different types of cancer (as pointed out in the talk page, this was lacking). The tone was neutral and the sources and references were sufficient. There weren't any images and I don't think any would be necessary for this topic. The organization was clear and easy to follow, although I would maybe move the history section up from the bottom of the article and put it after the lead section. The article is rated C-class, and I believe the strengths lie in the in depth descriptions of the mechanisms and research and what exactly causes chemo brain, as well as data on the scientific studies that have been completed on it. I think the article is well developed, but could always be a bit more fleshed out with specifics on impairments and coping mechanisms.