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Very aggressive chemotherapy drugs (ex:cyclosporin) affects very fast growing cells-(that is what cancer is-very fast growing, unhealthy cells) Hair is a very fast growing type of cell and chemotherapy drugs stop the growth of them along with the cancer cells. Nausea is caused by the strength of the drugs and their effect on the digestive system. There are fantastic drugs (Zofran, Taxol) that help prevent neasua.

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