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chemotherapy

[kee-moh-ther-uh-pee, kem-oh-] / ˌki moʊˈθɛr ə pi, ˌkɛm oʊ- /


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Chemotherapy and radiation both rely on overwhelming cancer cells with DNA damage.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Chemotherapy often increases the number of these cells because it is designed to stop rapid tumor growth.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Chemotherapy and immunotherapy didn’t work, she said, and doctor appointments, therapy and insurance issues took precedence over home repairs.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Chemotherapy was an option; it would almost certainly fail but give us six months and the vet would tell us if he began suffering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Chemotherapy ravaged the body and tainted the mind just as the cancer against which its debilitating powers were supposedly aimed.

From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann




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