“…These included: - Diagnosis with acquired or hereditary neuropathy such as diabetes, renal disease, hypothyroidism, connective tissue disease. Prior history of neuropathy or family history of neuropathy; vitamin deficiencies (Hershman et al, ; Ottaiano et al, ; Seretny et al, ).
- Diagnosis with current or previous infectious diseases (HIV; Poliomyelitis; Hepatitis B or C; Armstrong et al, ; Kaley & DeAngelis, ; Seretny et al, ).
- Neurotoxic medication history (a list of 51 medications linked with neurotoxicity, such as cyclosporine, vancomycin, cimetidine, etc; Hauseer et al, ; Kaley & DeAngelis, ; Quasthoff & Hartung, ).
- Personal and treatment characteristics:
- oAge (Lewis et al, ; Miaskowski et al, , ).
- oDisease site (Quasthoff & Hartung, ; Seretny et al, ; Simon et al, ).
- oChemotherapy type (taxanes; platinum‐based chemotherapy; combination of taxanes and platinum‐based chemotherapy), number of chemotherapy cycles, and cumulative dosage of each neurotoxic chemotherapy drug (Kaley & DeAngelis, ; Quasthoff & Hartung, ; Simon et al, ).
- oSmoking history (never smoked; current smoker; ex‐smoker; Kawakami et al, ; Seretny et al, ).
- oHistory of alcohol intake (Pereira et al, ) (drinks per day (number) using an explanatory diagram on quantity (i.e., small glass of wine (120 ml) = 1 drink, etc).
- oDietary history (servings of fruits and vegetables per day with explanations, i.e., 1 serve = 1 fruit) (Greenlee et al, ).
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