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How can chemotherapy effect the body?
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Its toxic: While chemotherapy can help reduce the size of a a tumor and improve the interval of survival, it does have toxic activity on the body. Adriamycin and its analogs have a certain degree of toxicity. The platinum drugs can cause impairment in renal function. The taxols (paclitaxel) produce peripheral neuropathy especially in the feet and many cause hair loss, nausea, vomiting and drop in WBC and hct..
Answered 6/10/2014
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