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Side Effects

Everyone is different and every cancer is different. Your cancer may be treated quickly with few side effects, but another person may need an extensive amount of treatment with severe side effects.

After reading about the different types of cancer treatment, you have probably thought, ‘Wow, the body must react to these drugs and beams and stuff.’ Well, you’re right.

We know it sucks but inevitably there are side effects with any cancer treatment. It is impossible for the body to be exposed to so many drugs and other strange objects without reacting. However the nature and severity of side effects will depend on the type of cancer as well as each individual’s response to the cancer treatment. Along with hair loss, cancer treatment can cause many more short-term and long-term side effects.