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Why Chemotherapy Cause Hair to Fall Out

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundO→’m shaving my head to help raise money for cancer research and at every fundraiser, the question seems to come up- Why does the common treatment for cancer make body hair fall out? The answer is really pretty simple. It has to do with how different types of Chemotherapy target cancer cells. There are many different Chemotherapy drugs that work in different ways, so I will only speak in general terms regarding their side effects. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/12/why-does-chemotherapy-make-your-hair-fall-out/ Sources: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-help/about-cancer/cancer-questions/how-many-different-types-of-cancer-are-there http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002324.htm http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/hayflick-limit.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chemotherapy_with_acral_cooling.jpg

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  • Originally Aired February 11, 2016
  • Runtime 2 minutes
  • Production Code n5U9PcExm-E
  • Created September 17, 2020 by
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  • Modified September 17, 2020 by
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