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Genome-wide association study identifies genes associated with neuropathy in patients with head and neck cancer.
Scientific reports - 8 Jun 2018
Reyes-Gibby Cielito C, Wang Jian, Yeung Sai-Ching J, Chaftari Patrick, Yu Robert K, Hanna Ehab Y, Shete Sanjay
Abstract excerpt
Neuropathic pain (NP), defined as pain initiated or caused by a primary lesion or dysfunction in the nervous system, is a debilitating chronic pain condition often resulting from cancer treatment. Among cancer patients, neuropathy during cancer treatment is a predisposing event for NP. To identify genetic variants influencing the development of NP, we conducted a genome-wide association study in 1,043 patients...
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