Health
The common medical treatment that can have dire effects – Morning Bulletin
Research found 75 per cent of respondents reported symptoms of nerve damage in hands and feet.
A common medical treatment undertaken by hundreds of Central Queenslanders annually can potentially have dire health consequences, new research has revealed.
Led by University of NSW academics, the research team studied 333 adult patients between 2015 and 2020 receiving paclitaxel and oxaliplatin chemotherapy in hospitals and cancer clinics in Sydney and Brisbane.
Chemotherapy is the use of powerful chemical drugs to kill fast growing cancer cells in the body.
The research aimed to discover pre-treatment…
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