Team at Nottingham Trent University is investigating how chemotherapy in early life could damage nerve cellsTreatments that could help alleviate the chronic pain experienced by thousands of childhood cancer survivors are being investigated by scientists and researchers in the UK.About eight out of 10 children survive their cancer for 10 years or more but more than half of them report delayed and ongoing pain in adulthood. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/28/research-chronic-pain-childhood-cancer-nerve-cells-chemotherapy
Author : Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent
Publish date : 2024-10-28 00:01:15
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Researchers study treatment for chronic pain in childhood cancer survivors
