Chemotherapy: Common Myths And Misconception Part 1
Chemotherapy is most commonly used during cancer treatment. Cancer is a life-threatening disease, and the idea of being diagnosed with cancer alone seriously shakes normal people, not to mention the patients who actually have cancer. Diagnosing cancer at the right time is the key to effective treatment of cancer, and cancer is usually achieved through chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, or targeted drug therapy. Common myths and facts Myth 1: Every cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy will have complete hair loss. Fact: This is the completely wrong fact of chemotherapy that people tend to believe. Not all chemotherapy drugs cause hair loss in patients, because in the case of different cancers, different chemotherapy drugs have independent mechanisms to inhibit the proliferation of tumor cells. Only a few drugs may cause hair loss and thinning hair, but never completely lose hair. Today, oncologists prefer to use specific targeted drugs like chemotherapy drugs. These drug...