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pasyesterday at 12:43 AM1 replyview on HN

do the chemo medications not do anything useful at low(er) doses in these precancerous situations?


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voiprodrigoyesterday at 2:33 AM

I think chemo in general kills rapidly dividing cells, which is a characteristic of cancer cells and, unfortunately, many types of regular cells as well, hence many of the side effects, like hair loss. If it is precancerous, then probably it’s not yet dividing in that way, so probably wouldn’t make much of a difference, unless you’d actually catch the moment when the switch to full fledged malignant happens.