OHSU leadership on stage at AACR
Dozens of OHSU Knight Cancer Institute researchers commanded the spotlight at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Lisa Coussens, Ph.D., who concluded...
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Nerve damage from chemotherapy may persist for years, worsening risk of falls
In a study that kept in touch with more than 500 women cancer survivors for an average of six years, nearly half continued to experience chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy and a heightened...
Widely used prostate cancer treatment may worsen risk of falls
Men with prostate cancer became more vulnerable to falls if they used androgen deprivation therapy, and the heightened risk of falling persisted for more than a year after ending therapy, a study...
Long after chemotherapy, nerve damage may increase a woman’s risk of falling
Years after completing treatment, nearly half of women cancer survivors continued to experience chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in a new study that tracked more than 500...