Can chemotherapy itself can kill a patient?

It is extremely rare for a prostate cancer patient do die from chemotherapy.  It is important to monitor side effects and to talk to your doctor about the side effects you are experiencing.

“For the first month or two, I continued to swim, though not as much as I had been. I assumed that if I stayed active it would help me through the chemo. I was never incapacitated in that sense. There were a few days where either I didn’t feel well or was really tired, so I didn’t go out and pound the pavement or anything.”

Prostatepedia Interview 8/28/18