Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Decreases Effectiveness of Chemotherapy, OU Health Sciences Research Reveals in First-of-Its-Kind Study
February 28, 2024
February 28, 2024
NORMAN, Oklahoma, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release:
People who are diagnosed with head and neck cancer often receive a standard type of chemotherapy as part of their treatment. If they are exposed to secondhand smoke during chemotherapy -- even if they have never smoked themselves -- the treatment may be far less effective at killing cancer cells. That finding, considered the first of its kind, was revealed in a study recently publishe . . .
People who are diagnosed with head and neck cancer often receive a standard type of chemotherapy as part of their treatment. If they are exposed to secondhand smoke during chemotherapy -- even if they have never smoked themselves -- the treatment may be far less effective at killing cancer cells. That finding, considered the first of its kind, was revealed in a study recently publishe . . .