Hair loss is a well-known side effect of chemotherapy; why does this side effect occur? (1) Chemotherapy targets cells undergoing division. Hair stem cells are constantly replenishing (growing) just like cancer cells. They are then also targeted by chemotherapy, causing hair loss. (2) Chemotherapy targets all cells, whether dividing or not dividing, and hair cells are collateral in the fight against cancer (3) Chemotherapy targets proteins in our cells and hair cells have an abundance of proteins
Imatinib is an anti-cancer drug that inhibits the function of CD117, a receptor protein coded for by the KIT gene. Mutations in the KIT gene are implicated in gastrointestinal cancers. Aimee, who has a gastrointestinal tumor asked her doctor if she could try Imatinib, but her doctor first required that she get a biopsy of her tumor.
Hair loss is a well-known side effect of chemotherapy; why does this side effect occur?
(1) Chemotherapy targets cells undergoing division. Hair stem cells are constantly replenishing (growing) just like cancer cells. They are then also targeted by chemotherapy, causing hair loss.
(2) Chemotherapy targets all cells, whether dividing or not dividing, and hair cells are collateral in the fight against cancer
(3) Chemotherapy targets proteins in our cells and hair cells have an abundance of proteins
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