We suggest that shared genetic risk factors for the development of cancer and cognitive problems, including low-efficiency efflux pumps, deficits in DNA-repair mechanisms and/or a deregulated ...

These insights could improve chronic pain management for cancer patients. LPBN neurons labelled with fluorescence protein (Credit: IISc/Prannay Reddy) ...

This discovery could lead to better pain management strategies for cancer patients ... The brain’s innate mechanisms that can help us judge the best course of action in these cases, according ...

Worldwide, cancer chemotherapy is linked to persistent severe peripheral nerve pain (neuropathy) for around 4 in every 10 ...

Four in every 10 cancer patients treated with chemotherapy develop severe peripheral nerve pain, a new evidence review suggests. These patients might experience loss of balance and coordination ...

Explore how chemotherapy causes peripheral neuropathy in 40% of cancer patients. Learn about the risk factors and the need ...