Care After Chemotherapy: Peripheral Neuropathy, Cannabis for Symptom Control, and Mindfulness
As cancer therapies improve, patients are living longer. With these improvements in therapy comes a responsibility to optimize patients’ quality of life during cancer therapy and beyond. This report reviews three timely and important topics. The first section reviews the mechanism underlying chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy and evaluates the evidence for interventions to prevent and treat peripheral neuropathy. The second section addresses the controversial but effective use of cannabinoids for cancer and chemotherapy symptoms.