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A member asked:
Hello is chemotherapy treatment affects people around the patient? thank you :)
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No: No, not likely at all. Unless you were also taking the treatment you are not affect by the patients chemotherapy.
Answered 5/21/2016
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Yes and NO: IF your question is does chemo directly affect others, then the answer is no---Not by contamination, etc Chemo certainly does affect those "close" to the patient receiving the treatment, psychologically it is difficult to watch someone having chemo with the side effects they may get.
Answered 4/26/2015
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