eli5: How Does Cancer Kill? And How Does Radiation Stop Cancer?

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Throughout my entire life I’ve always recognize how bad Cancer is, and I’ve always been told that Chemo was a way to cure it. I am aware that cancer is a mutation of cells. But how do stuff like tumours lead to death?

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Cancer is an overgrowth of cells. They take over your organs, destroying them, and that is what kills you. Radiation kills the cells with extreme heat, stopping their growth, and chemo is really just mega doses of poison for the cancer. That’s why it makes you so sick. You get some of the poison, too.

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