Cancer costs: Marketing and myth busting
More than half of cancer drugs approved in recent years may not be helping patients to live longer. Meanwhile, the average price of cancer drugs has been increasing by 10 percent annually for more...
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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...