Participants wear pressurized gloves and foot caps for 15 minutes before their chemotherapy treatment, during the treatment, and for 15 minutes after it ended.

No intervention was done before and after chemotherapy with paclitaxels.

Using pressurized gloves and foot caps in order to prevent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN).

The incidence of common adverse event evaluation criteria (CTCAE) 5.0 ≥ 2°CIPN after compression therapy with pressurized gloves and foot caps is used to objectively assess the peripheral neurotoxicity of chemotherapy. The grade of CTCAE 5.0 CIPN before treatment was the baseline (=0). We assess changes from baseline at 15 minutes after the end of each cycle, 3 and 6 months after the end of treatment. (The duration of chemotherapy varies according to the type of paclitaxel and the interval of each cycle of chemotherapy is 21 days). CIPN includes the symptoms of a sensory nerve and motor nerve injury. The symptoms are graded from 1 to 5, indicating none, mild, severe, life-threatening, and death. The higher the grade, the worse the neurotoxicity. The most severe grade is the final grade for each patient.

The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Evaluation Scale of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (EORTC QLQ-CIPN20) is a validated tool to objectively assess the peripheral neurotoxicity of chemotherapy. The evaluation was performed before treatment, 15 minutes after each cycle of chemotherapy, and 3 and 6 months after the end of treatment. This scale includes the symptoms of sensory nerve, motor nerve, and autonomic nerve injury and its impact on life. A total of 20 items are included. Each item is graded from 1 to 4, indicating none, occasionally, often, and very often. According to the patient's self-reported score, the higher the score, the worse the quality of life.