Chemotherapy may spread cancer and trigger more aggressive tumors

telegraph.co.uk

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Funny, a couple of months ago we were discussing chemotherapy:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18161535

It’s even worse than I thought.

From the duh department. By definition a cellular toxin damages DNA, and cancer is the product of damaged DNA. Still surprised this article made it past the big pharma media gatekeepers.

> By definition a cellular toxin damages DNA

Untrue; a cellular toxin damages cells, but not necessarily by damaging DNA. A common mechanism is damaging the cell membrane.

Huh? The vast majority of chemotherapy regimens, such as alkylating agents, antimetabolites, anthracyclines, cause damage to and interfere with DNA replication.

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