Conversation led by Dr Charles Loprinzi with Dr Melissa Accordino, Dr Aishwarya Bandla, Dr Stephanie Graff, patient advocate Anne Marie Mercurio, and Dr Raghav Sundar. March 2022.
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is an unseen but potentially debilitating and lifelong chemotherapy side effect. While there are some interventions available, they are largely unsuccessful to this point. Patients are using their own cryotherapy options but they are unmeasured, untested, and often ineffective. As of 2022, cryocompression for CIPN has shown real promise in safety, tolerability and efficacy in studies, with 80% of delegates at the Scalp Cooling Summit expressing interest in implementing such a device.
