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http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.17.7603

Prevalence of Oxaliplatin-induced Chronic Neuropathy and Influencing Factors in Patients with Colorectal Cancer in Iran  

Shahriari-Ahmadi, Ali (Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Hematology and Medical Oncology Ward, Iran University of Medical Sciences)
Fahimi, Ali (Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Hematology and Medical Oncology Ward, Iran University of Medical Sciences)
Payandeh, Mehrdad (Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences)
Sadeghi, Masoud (Medical Biology Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences)
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention / v.16, no.17, 2015 , pp. 7603-7606 More about this Journal
Abstract
Background: The chemotherapeutic agent oxaliplatin can cause acute and chronic forms of peripheral neuropathy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of chronic neuropathy and its risk factors in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients treated with FOLFOX or XELOX regimens in the Oncology Ward of Hazrate-Rasoul Hospital in Tehran. Materials and Methods: A total of 130 patients with CRC were entered into our study, aged over 18 years, without history of receiving other neurotoxic agents or other predisposing factors such as diabetes or neurologic diseases and kidney and liver dysfunction. For the FOLFOX regimen, patients received oxaliplatin, 85mg/m2, every 2 weeks for 12 courses and with the XELOX regimen, oxaliplatin was $130mg/m^2$, every 3 weeks for 8 courses. Based on Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC or NCI-CTC v.3), the patients were divided into 5 groups (grades) based on the severity of their symptoms. Results: Fifty-seven patients (43.8%) were male and 73(56.2%) female. Some 19 patients (14.7%) had BMI<20, 97(74.6%) were between 20-25 and 14 (10.8%) ${\geq}25$. In 105 patients (80.7%) neuropathy was found. There was significant correlation between BMI, hypomagnesaemia and especially, severity of anemia in patients with neuropathy compared to those without. Conclusions: Oxaliplatin regimens can induce chronic neuropathy in CRC patients, with anemia, high BMI and hypomagnesaemia as risk factors that can predispose to this kind of neurotoxicity.
Keywords
Anemia; chronic neuropathy; colorectal cancer; oxaliplatin;
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