Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk View Post
Most chemotherapy and radiotherapy works on the principle that it damages fast dividing cancer cells quicker than the rest. Hence why people feel nauseous, loose their hair and feel dreadful - fast dividing cells are being killed (hair follicles and the lining of the gut). Radiotherapy is broadly the same. Sure, the targeted area gets most of the radiation, but other tissues gets a fair whack (PET is a lot better, more expensive)

Things are getting a lot better, especially in some areas where treatments are not the older blunderbuss alkylating agents but targeted treatments. but most will still cause damage to all cells in the body which often leads to problems down the line. The younger one is the longer one has for these problems to occur over. Better to die tomorrow than today.

Thanks, but what kind of problems can it lead to, specifically? New cancer? The same cancer reappearing? All kinds of illnesses?