That is because chemotherapy is the practice of methodically poisoning the body in order to kill the weakest cells. Since the cancer cells are typically the least hardy of all cells in the body, the goal is to sicken all, but kill the weakest.
The main difference is that chemotherapy has the decency to admit that it's poison. A lot of "all natural remedies" don't. (Remember, folks: just because something is natural doesn't mean it's good for you! Cyanide is all-natural too, y'know.)
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Actually chemo is usually targeted to fast growing cells which is what cancer is. It is also what hair follicles are and epithelial cells such as in the lining of the mouth are. They all are destroyed which is why chemo patients often go bald and have oral sores. It is true that the worst initial symptoms of cancer are actually side effects of chemo but it is a whole-body assault trying to kill the cancer. It often works which is more than you can say for some other therapies.
"The main difference is that chemotherapy has the decency to admit that it's poison. A lot of "all natural remedies" don't. (Remember, folks: just because something is natural doesn't mean it's good for you! Cyanide is all-natural too, y'know.)"
Strychnine, too.
Partially correct; while the goal is to "poison" cancer cells, it goes after the FASTEST GROWING cells (cancer cells), not necessarily the "weakest" cells. This also explains the side effects (hair falling out, nausea/stomatitis, decrease in blood counts), as hair follicles, blood, and cells in the GI tract also are amongst the fastest growing NORMAL cells in the body .