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A cancer cell contains high amounts of iron, that's why they grow so fast.When you radiate them by bombarding them with radio waves the iron in the cells heat up quickly and destroy the cancer cells, but this also affects the other parts in the body like the head, that's why your hair falls out when you get the treatment done a few times.

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