Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology
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J. Cancer Res. Clin. Oncol. · Sep 2018
Randomized Controlled TrialEvaluation of the effects of sensorimotor exercise on physical and psychological parameters in breast cancer patients undergoing neurotoxic chemotherapy.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer disease of women in industrialized countries. Neurotoxic chemotherapy drugs are known to harm peripheral nerves and cause a chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). CIPN is one of the most common adverse events associated with Paclitaxel chemotherapy and may remain present long after the termination of chemotherapy. Thus, it reduces the patients' quality of life (QoL) both during chemotherapy and onwards, and can impose a danger on breast cancer survivors due to an increased risk of falling and fall-related injuries. ⋯ Future studies should focus on the correlation of clinical and posturometry findings and subjective QOL such as the long-term-development of CIPN.