• Question: What happens to your body during chemo therapy?

    Asked by anon-190882 to Kathryn, Graeme, Chris, Anne, Agnes, Adam on 13 Nov 2018.
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      Anne Green answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      I don’t really know, a medical doctor would be the best person to answer this question. However, as far as I know, chemotherapy tries to kill the cancer cells, or stop them growing at least.

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      Adam McGuinness answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      Cancer is when your own cells are growing and dividing much more often than they should, so lots of chemotherapy drugs are aimed at slowing down the growth and division of cells. Unfortunately, these drugs often can’t tell the difference between cancer cells and normal cells, and so slows them all down, which can make you feel very ill.

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      Kathryn answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      It gets irraditated. Other then that I really don’t know.

    • Photo: Graeme Poole

      Graeme Poole answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      The chemotherapy targets cancer cells and stops them from reproducing, preventing the cancer growing and spreading. Some healthy cells will also be affected, which can cause some negative side effects.

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