Kate Middleton is undergoing preventative chemotherapy, but what is it?
How adjuvant therapy can reduce the chance of cancer coming back
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Catherine, Princess of Wales’ cancer diagnosis has been all over the news as of late. Kate Middleton had major abdominal surgery and said that her medical team then advised her to “undergo a course of preventive chemotherapy.” But what is this treatment, exactly? It turns out there is another name for it: adjuvant therapy.
In this gallery, we explain what adjuvant therapy is, and how cancer patients can benefit from it. Click on to learn all about it.
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