Cancer chemotherapy can damage the epithelial cells that line the digestive tract. True or False

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Kathleen Welch

16 November, 10:36

Cancer chemotherapy can damage the epithelial cells that line the digestive tract. True or False

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Jacqueline Moss · Answer 1

True

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Basically vomiting and nausea are usually associated with patients undergoing chemotherapy due to the effects of these drugs regimen on the alimentary tracts. This is because this curative measures (drugs) damages the epithelial lining of the alimentary tracts, leading to inflammation and loss of cellular structure. However after the chemotherapy procedures has ended, these epithelial lining regenerates and the cells of the digestive tracts are returned to normal structural forms by the layers of embedded stem cells.