Even More Dangers of Chemo

Chemotherapy has been shown to be helpful in curing or at least slowing cancer in patients that are strong enough to undergo the long and tiring process. Recently though, studies have shown that chemotherapy harms brain cells too. Chemotherapy isn't a particularly singular treatment, it generally affects most of the cells around the affected ones as well. This is a new study that should prompt more research into better treatment for cancer. Chemo kills neural stem cells and oligodendrocytes which cause long term brain damage. This damage continues to occur up to six weeks after chemotherapy ends.

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