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Can you tell me which chemical in chemotherapy causes hair loss?
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The chemo: many of the chemotherapeutic agents function by destroying the DNA of the cancer cell. When given intravenously the chemo reaches the hair follicles and destroys them also causing hair loss.
Answered 9/28/2016
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