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chemotherapy

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


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At that point, their options are chemotherapy, which is rarely effective, or to enroll in a trial for an experimental treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Fact-check: No patients in the trial received chemotherapy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

This could potentially make for more efficient and accessible cancer treatments without needing chemotherapy.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

That led to the earliest forms of chemotherapy in the 1940s, which were toxic and imprecise, but for the first time capable of shrinking tumors and occasionally extending life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Sometimes, he had really bad aches, especially in his legs, and he was tired a lot of the time, and the chemotherapy drugs were making him feel pretty rotten physically.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick




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