Cancer Discussions, Cancer Treatment Options Forum - February 4th, 2010 - 1 Comment
The two most common treatments for cancer are chemotherapy and radiation therapy.?
The two most common treatments for cancer are chemotherapy and radiation therapy. These treatments typically result in hair loss and/or nausea. Given that the cells of the hair follicles and the cells of the gastrointestinal lining reproduce rapidly, what can you say about the mode of action for these therapies?
Chemotherapy & radiation therapy target rapidly dividing cells because one of the major characteristics of cancer cells, is their contstant reproduction. As a side effect, other naturally fast dividing cells in the body are also dammaged, such as gastrointestinal epithelia, and hair folicle cells.