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The former Kate Middleton has explained why she's been out of the public eye since December, revealing that she's been undergoing treatment for cancer, more specifically preventive chemotherapy. Catherine, the Princess of Wales, 42, shared in a video message on March 22 that when she underwent a planned abdominal surgery in January, 'it was thought that my condition was non cancerous.' 'The surgery was successful.
What is preventive chemotherapy? While not a technical, clinical term, preventive chemotherapy refers to treatment that is conducted after an initial treatment, like surgery, to prevent cancer from coming back, Park explains. A medical term for it would be 'adjuvant chemotherapy.' 'There are some cancers ... where we have to make decisions who should get additional chemotherapy after surgery and who should not,' Park says.
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