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Patients who are on chemotherapy drugs often lose their hair. Which best explains why this happens?


A.) Chemotherapy drugs are poisons that not only target cancerous cells, but also can affect healthy hair cells.

B.) Chemotherapy drugs are antagonistic drugs that cause hair follicles to become inactive.

C.) Chemotherapy drugs are agonist drugs and cause the cells to produce a protein that prevents hair cell growth.

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Answer:

A.)

Step-by-step explanation:

Chemotherapy causes hair loss because it works by attacking cells that divide fast . Chemotherapy cant tell good from bad cells, so it ends up fighting healthy hair cells that also dovide quickly. This includes cells in the mouth, making it sire, and hair cells, making hair fall out. Thats why its A chemotherapy is risky therapy that slowly fights giid cells too its the clisest thing to this definition.

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