BUFFALO, NY — A powerful chemotherapy drug, monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE), can be very effective in treating certain kinds of cancers, especially when it’s delivered directly to cancer cells. However ...

Worldwide, cancer chemotherapy is linked to persistent severe peripheral nerve pain (neuropathy) for around four in every 10 patients treated with these drugs, suggests a pooled data analysis of the ...

Concerns about vitamin B6 and nerve damage are not new: they go back decades. In 1983, Schaumburg et al. reported seven patients with disabling sensory neuropathy linked to high-dose pyridoxine ...

Peripheral neuropathy refers to a condition involving damage or dysfunction of the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. These peripheral nerves play a vital role in relaying messages between the ...

Joyce, age 63, was happy with the success of her breast cancer treatment. But when she went back to volunteering at her local library, she was surprised to realize she had trouble walking around the ...

Has anyone else observed peripheral neuropathy associated with statin use? Initially, it seemed to be dose-related. —F.H. Rodenbaugh, MD, Monte Sereno, Calif. Peripheral neuropathy does occur in some ...

An interdisciplinary team at Jena University Hospital achieved a surprisingly rapid and significant improvement in two patients with an autoimmune peripheral nervous system disorder. The team ...

Peripheral neuropathy affects millions of people and can cause symptoms ranging from tingling and burning sensations to numbness and balance problems. According to experts at Advanced Neuropathy ...

Many people have diabetes without a diagnosis ...