Patterns of Physical Therapy Referral and Subsequent Attendance Among Childhood Cancer Survivors with Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy at a Regional Childhood Cancer Survivorship Clinic

Childhood cancer survivors are at risk for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). Physical therapy (PT) improves CIPN symptoms, but little is known about survivors’ PT utilization. We described characteristics of survivors with ≥ grade 2 CIPN, investigated PT referral and attendance, and described characteristics of survivors who attended and did not attend PT. Childhood cancer survivors