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Table 2 Characteristics of acute and chronic OIPN

From: Targeting strategies for oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy: clinical syndrome, molecular basis, and drug development

Characteristics

Acute OIPN

Chronic OIPN

References

Incidence rate

85–96%

40–93%

[7, 10, 11, 15,16,17,18]

Duration

Within hours of infusion and lasting for the following 7 days

Within 6–12 months, or even lasting for 5 years

Typical feature

Cold-sensitive peripheral paresthesia, motor symptoms

Acute OIPN symptoms and the “coasting” phenotype

[7, 11, 19]

Mechanism

Nav channel activation

Sensory neurons death, mitochondrial damage, oxidative stress, glia activation, and neuroinflammation, etc.

[13, 14, 21]

  1. OIPN Oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy