Harry, age 55, went to a health fair and had a PSA test. The test resultsand subsequent examinations indicated prostate cancer. Harry wasgiven radiation treatments and chemotherapeutic drugs. These drugsadversely affect cancer cells by interrupting mitosis, but they alsointerrupt mitosis in normal cells. Describe the probable effect of chemotherapy on Harry’s epidermis, hair, nails, skin pigmentation, andsebaceous glands.

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