Pathobiology of cancer chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN)

Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a type of neuropathic pain that is a major dose-limiting side-effect of potentially curative cancer chemotherapy treatment regimens that develops in a ‘stocking and glove’ distribution. When pain is severe, a change to less effective chemotherapy...

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Main Authors: Yaqin eHan, Maree Therese Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2013.00156/full