NPPB and neuropathy: At baseline, the two study groups were statistically similar in respect to age, anthropometric data (weight, height, and body mass index), menopausal status, stages of disease, types of surgery, ECOG score, fasting blood glucose level, ejection fraction (EF), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level, neuropathy grade (grade 0), Ntx-12 total score, and cumulative doses of chemotherapeutic agents as illustrated in Table (1).