Ellen M. Lavoie Smith, PhD

Ellen M. Lavoie Smith, PhD, assistant professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing, and researcher, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor. Her study was published in JAMA.

Antidepressant Helps Nerve Pain and Numbness from Chemotherapy

Antidepressant Helps Nerve Pain and Numbness from Chemotherapy

Ellen M. Lavoie Smith, PhD | June 3, 2013

About 20% to 40% of cancer patients receiving neurotoxic (nerve-damaging) chemotherapy develop a side effect known as peripheral neuropathy that…