- People aged 80 and older have lymphoma.
- A study found a lower chemotherapy dose helps.
- Many can be cured or live longer.
- Doctors used a smaller chemo dose.
- Fewer people stopped treatment from side effects.
- Researchers looked at community cancer clinics.
- The smaller dose kept good treatment results.
- It caused less harm than the full dose.
- New trials will test the smaller dose with a drug.
Difficult words
- lymphoma — a cancer that affects the lymph system
- chemotherapy — medicine treatment that kills cancer cellschemo
- dose — an amount of medicine given at one time
- side effect — an unwanted problem from a medicineside effects
- clinic — a place where people get medical careclinics
- cure — to make someone healthy againcured
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Discussion questions
- Have you been to a clinic?
- Do you worry about medicine side effects?
- Would you try a smaller medicine dose if a doctor suggested it?
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