A common form of chemotherapy used to kill cancer cells is to administer drugs that disrupt cell division. Why might this also result in anemia, hair loss, and sores in the stomach and on the skin?
What will be an ideal response?
Cells that produce the hair and red blood cells, as well as those that line the stomach and the skin, reproduce frequently. Any cell undergoing cell division would be killed.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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