Can ‘Less Be More’ with Cancer Drugs? — VOA Learning English
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Many people who find out they have cancer are able to survive the disease because of effective drugs.
Treating cancer with certain drugs is known as chemotherapy. The drugs contain powerful chemicals that kill cancer cells but also cause bad reactions in patients.
Although the drugs help keep patients alive, they cause extreme tiredness, stomach pain and the loss of hair. Some even result in mouth sores for patients. These problems are called side effects.
After many years of strong side effects, some patients and their doctors are talking to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about finding the lowest effective dose for cancer drugs.
In the past, drug companies tested to find the…
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