Is Natalie Cole really getting chemotherapy for hepatitis C?
The chemotherapy that you’d get for cancer isn’t used to treat hepatitis C. But Bacon says hepatitis C treatment can have side effects “that are akin to what patients experience when they receive cancer chemotherapy.” That includes temporary hair loss. The peginterferon-ribavirin combination is “sometimes loosely called chemotherapy,” says Bacon. “I don’t like to give it that negative connotation, to try to keep things positive for patients. So I call it treatment for their viral infection or antiviral therapy.
The chemotherapy that you’d get for cancer isn’t used to treat hepatitis C. But Bacon says hepatitis C treatment can have side effects “that are akin to what patients experience when they receive cancer chemotherapy.” That includes temporary hair loss. The peginterferon-ribavirin combination is “sometimes loosely called chemotherapy,” says Bacon. “I don’t like to give it that negative connotation, to try to keep things positive for patients.
