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.
dying - the time when something ends; it was the death of all his plans; a dying of old hopes. demise, death. lifespan, lifetime, life-time, life - the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); the battery had a short life; he lived a long and happy life.