More than half of cancer survivors who were treated with chemotherapy for the four most common types of cancer experienced clinically significant hearing loss and tinnitus after treatment, according to new research.
The surprise finding emerged from a cross-sectional study published recently in the British Medical Journal Supportive & Palliative Care involving 273 patients, mostly women, who received either platinum- or taxane-containing drug regimens alone, or in combination, for the treatment of lung, breast, gastrointestinal, or gynecologic cancers. Participants were part of a larger study characterizing chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (NCT01557608).
