Common chemotherapy drug may kill brain

U.S. scientists recently published the findings in a study for the treatment of cancer common in the efficacy of chemotherapy drugs may do more harm than good, because these drugs will kill healthy brain cells, leading to long-term brain damage. The discovery scientists found a "brain chemotherapy," clues to the cause.
"Chemotherapy brain" is the number of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy often complain about side effects kind. According to statistics, cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, about four-fifths of those who had complained of memory loss, blindness, epilepsy and intermittent symptoms such as dementia.
University of Rochester in New York biologistsresearch team led by the "brain chemotherapy", in the normal state of clinical drug-use card mustard, cisplatin and cytarabine chemotherapy drugs, such as on the health of the animal brain cells The test. These drugs often used to treat breast cancer, lung cancer and colon cancer and other cancers.
The results showed that the drugs on the destruction of brain cells to target cancer cells more than the destruction. During the trial, the drugs will kill 70-100 percent of brain cells. At the same time, they kill only 40-80 percent of cancer cells.
Reported that scientists kill a large number of these drugs will be divided brain cells do not be surprised, but they pointed out: "Splinter Cell's lack of will lead to complicated consequences, as they added nerve cells responsible for in other types of cells. "