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Highlights of Attempts at Prevention and Treatment of Chemo-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

October 11, 2009 - 4:09 pm

Chemotherapy is a common contributor to peripheral neuropathy, and because of this, there have been efforts to both prevent and treat chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). However, much of the work in this field has been hampered by difficulty in measuring this, as well as trials that are pretty small.
A couple have been the subject of [...]

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Cancer-related Neuropathic Pain

July 19, 2009 - 1:01 pm

Neuropathic pain is a common pain syndrome for patients with cancer. As I mentioned in my introductory pain post, neuropathic pain is one of the three main types of pain (somatic, visceral, and neuropathic). It is nerve-related and is typically described as an electrical or burning sensation; it can occur both due to damaged [...]

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Cancer Pain 101

July 2, 2009 - 11:20 am

In reviewing posts from GRACE, it’s not surprising to see that pain is major issue for many patients with cancer. Pain is not unique to cancer, but for most patients with cancer, their pain is related to the cancer in some way. In cancer, the causes of pain not only include the disease itself, [...]

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