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My son is always worring about germs, second hand smoke, etc, and now is worried that the chemo his Grandma is taking could have side affects for him. Is that even a remote possibility?
— Anonymous Caring.com community member
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No, there is nothing for your son to worry about. Chemotherapy drugs are systemic drugs that stay within the cancer patient's body and cannot affect others. Those who live with cancer patients or care for them cannot be exposed to the chemotherapy drugs in any way.
Likewise, cancer itself is not contagious. It doesn't work like a germ-based disease; it's the cancer patient's own cells that have become affected by the cancer. Unlike second hand smoke, there's no risk to anyone around the patient in sharing any part of the house.
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