does smoking have any effect on chemotheropy treatment?!
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CIGARETTE SMOKE CARRIES 3 CHEMICALS WHICH WHEN MIXED WITH THE TOXINS OF CHEMO DRUGS ATTACHES TO THE cells IN YOUR BODY AND MALFORMS THEM.Thus your body has no chance of truly fighting the cancer.What positive cells you do have will be morphing into more bad cells. Youre a chemical time bomb when smoking and mixing chemo drugs. furthermore smoking and drinking alcohol also distorts the chemicals and leads to copd,lung cancer and cancer causing cells.
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No, but smoking is a nasty habit, and rough on your body. Maybe this is your 2nd chance on life to quit smoking.
There is no direct harm to you while under chemo and you smoke.
i d onot know.but if you have canser and smoking couse canser why would you want to smoke.why would you get treatment for it if you are just going to keep smoking you are just going to get lung canser!!
I don't know I think talk it over with your high certified doctor he or she should know
i have smoked for 9 months of chemo and it dont have anything to do with it i have one yr of chemo left to go.. by the way my doctors dont say nothing about me smoking.
Yes. Smoking can decrease the effectiveness of chemotherapy. There are studies to prove it.
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