Administration of melatonin during chemotherapy may prevent some chemotherapy-induced side effects, particularly myelosuppression and neuropathy. Oncologists often prescribe drugs (Leukine) that work in a similar way as melatonin to protect the immune system.
Definition: Mortality is incidence of death in a population. It is measured in various ways, often by the probability that a randomly selected individual in a population at some date and location would die in some period of time. Contrast to morbidity. Terms related to Mortality: 1  Morbidity. 2  Reinsurance.  Indemnity.
Definition of death for Students. 1  1 : the end or ending of life. 2  2 : the cause of loss of life Drinking will be the death of him. 3  3 : the state of being dead He was more famous in death than in life. 4  4 : 2ruin 1, extinction DVDs meant the death of videotape.