To use an analogy, it is like a machinegun firing across a lot of trenches at soldiers who keep bobbing up to shoot. Those who raise their heads frequently are more likely to get hit than those who only bob up occasionally.
Cancer cells which are dividing rapidly are therefore more likely to be damaged by these drugs than the normal body cells which divide much less frequently. Nevertheless the drugs do damage normal body tissues. To further the analogy, the few remaining cells which haven’t been killed by the machinegunning effect of the drugs may later be picked off by the sniper type effect of the body’s own defence mechanisms.
Immunotherapy may also be employed in the treatment of cancer. This involves improving the body’s own immune system of defence so as to attack the foreign cancer cells.
The idea of meditation in improving the treatment of cancer lies in the theory that this improves the body’s immune response.
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