Cancer and Chemo-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: Risks and Medical Treatments

Cancer and Chemo-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: Risks and Medical Treatments

Neuropathy means “disease of nerve,” and the most common cancer-related neuropathy is chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy– also called chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy, or CIPN. The effects of CIPN can occur during–and sometimes indefinitely after– chemotherapy treatment, with potentially disabling results…