What Cancer Causes Axonal Neuropathy?
How Cancer Causes Neuropathy Various types of cancer can cause axonal neuropathy, a disorder of the nervous system that can cause a tingling sensation, numbness, difficulty telling hot from cold objects, unusual sensitivity to cold, drooping eyelids, ear pain, speech difficulties and loss of vision. Blood cancers such as leukemia can cause neuropathy, although the mechanism is not well understood. Cancers that form tumors can cause nerve damage when cancer cells invade and damage, or even destroy nerve tissue. Another mechanism by which cancer causes neuropathy is when a tumor appears on or near a main nerve. As the tumor grows and spreads, it pushes against the nerve and causes pain and numbness. Bone cancer on the spine weakens and degrades the vertebrae, which can cause vertebral collapse. When this happens, the resulting compression of bones may cause irreversible nerve damage in the spinal cord with intolerable pain. Thus, the bone cancer indirectly causes extreme neuropathy. Othe
