Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
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Support Care Cancer · Mar 2006
Is advanced age associated with increased incidence and severity of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy?
The current setting tested the hypothesis that advanced age would be strongly associated with increased incidence and severity of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). ⋯ Our study indicates that elderly cancer patients do not have greater risk of CIPN, whilst advanced age was not associated with worst severity of CIPN.