Secondhand Smoke Hampers Chemotherapy, OU Study Finds

University of Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. - 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 published by researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences.

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