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...Cytoxan and methotrexate, over a period of four months to a year. Because these drugs target rapidly dividing cells, they not only destroy cancer cells but also cells in the hair follicles, the lining of the digestive tract and the bone marrow. That produces the dreaded side effects of chemo: hair loss, nausea and a decline in infection-fighting white blood cells. Premature menopause can be another consequence. Even this harsh treatment provides no guarantee of a cure, though in certain groups of patients, it can increase survival rates as much...
Last week brought the first modest success story in this new field of "chemo-prevention." Dr. Waun Ki Hong and colleagues from the University of Texas in Houston reported evidence that some cancers can be thwarted by isotretinoin, a man-made derivative of vitamin A that is sold as an anti-acne medication under the brand name Accutane. Fifty patients who had been successfully treated for cancer of the mouth and throat were given large daily doses of the drug for 12 months. After as much as three years, only two (4%) of the subjects developed a new cancer...
...doctors doubt she will become one. Li has begun to respond to experimental chemo therapy, and her face is clearing up. While she may have to return periodically for treatment, Li will eventually leave Carville to live with her family in Texas again...