I'm referring, of course, to Taxol and doxorubicin, respectively, which are two of the most commonly used drugs to treat breast cancer, along with cyclophosphamide, which, yes, was originally derived from mustard gas. 2/
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Of course, quacks like to demonize chemotherapy by referring to the origin of alkylating agents from mustard gas—oooh, poison gas!— but in fact there are multiple kinds of chemotherapy. Many natural products or modified natural products. 3/
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The bottom line is that trying to make it seem that all chemotherapy originated from mustard gas is a scare tactic. Its intention is to frighten, not to educate. 4/4
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