A drug widely used to treat cancer may cause brain damage, with the effects lasting for years after the end of treatment, research suggests.
The drug, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), is used, alongside others, to treat cancers of the breast, ovaries, colon, stomach, pancreas and bladder.
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