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Fast fact #11

#11: Chemotherapy can lead to hair loss because the hair follicle epithelial cells - like cancer cells - divide rapidly and, hence, are targeted by many anticancer drugs.

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Source: Scientific American 2001 5 January.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/291/5501/25.1.full
Originally published in The Big Picture Little Book of Fast Facts
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-and-education/Big-Picture/All-issues/Special-Fast-Facts-book/index.htm

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