• J Pain · Jan 2020

    Review

    Quantification of Small Fiber Neuropathy in Chemotherapy Treated Patients.

    • Hannah C Timmins, Tiffany Li, Matthew C Kiernan, Lisa G Horvath, David Goldstein, and Susanna B Park.
    • Brain and Mind Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
    • J Pain. 2020 Jan 1; 21 (1-2): 44-58.

    AbstractChemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a major, dose-limiting side effect of treatment with neurotoxic cancer treatments which can result in long-term impairment. Deficits often reflect a large fiber polyneuropathy, however small fiber involvement resulting in neuropathic pain and autonomic dysfunction can occur. Quantification of both CIPN and small fiber neuropathy (SFN) remains a challenge. Accordingly, the prevalence and pathophysiology of small fiber neuropathy amongst cancer survivors remains poorly understood. This review will provide an overview of the clinical features of SFN associated with neurotoxic cancer treatments as well as a summary of current assessment tools for evaluating small fiber function, and their use in patients treated with neurotoxic chemotherapies. The continued development and utilization of novel measures quantifying small fiber involvement will help elucidate the pathophysiology underlying symptoms of CIPN and assist in informing treatment approaches. Accurately identifying subgroups of patients with neuropathic symptoms which may respond to existing pain medication may reduce the impact of CIPN and improve long-term quality of life as well as provide better categorization of patients for future clinical trials of neuroprotective and treatment strategies for CIPN. PERSPECTIVE: This review provides a critical analysis of SFN associated with neurotoxic cancer treatments and the assessment tools for evaluating small fiber dysfunction in cancer patients. Quantification of small fiber involvement in CIPN will assist in identifying subgroups of patients with neuropathic symptoms which may respond to existing pain medications.Copyright © 2019 United States Association for the Study of Pain, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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