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Prevent Hair Loss caused from Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy treatment for cancer is a sort of treatment based on various combinations of drugs that are meant to reduce the growth of cancerous cells within a patient’s body. Although following chemotherapy treatment or so-called cancer therapy, the patient may have to deal with several side effects of chemotherapy.

Hair loss or alopecia is one [...]

The Reality Behind Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is a powerful treatment affecting the whole body, so healthy cells can also be damaged. This damage to healthy cells causes side effects. Chemotherapy also can ease the symptoms of cancer (palliative chemotherapy), helping some patients have a better quality of life. Chemotherapy often induces anemia that then exacerbates hypoxia in the tumor. The [...]