Why are chemotherapy and radiation therapy more effective on cancerous cells than normal cells?

What will be an ideal response?


In general, the most rapidly dividing cells in a cancer patient are the cancerous cells rather than normal cells. Both therapies are designed to take advantage of this fact in preferentially attacking cancerous cells.

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a. auxin b. abscisic acid c. ethylene d. cytokinin e. gibberellin

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The type strain is a well-characterized strain to which other strains are compared for inclusion in or exclusion from a particular species.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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What is the term given to the theory which put forth the idea that living organisms could arise by incubating nonliving components?

A) preformation B) spontaneous generation C) evolution D) collective combination E) natural selection

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The circulating substances that affect the hypothalamus and initiate fever are

A. leukotrienes. B. pyrogens. C. complements. D. interferons. E. lysozymes.

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