Researchers study treatment for chronic pain in childhood cancer survivors
by Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#6RSF9)
Team at Nottingham Trent University is investigating how chemotherapy in early life could damage nerve cells
Treatments 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.
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