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chemotherapy

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


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Before chemotherapy, Ryan froze his sperm and signed paperwork allowing Laura to use it if he died.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Summit’s study showed that patients in China on ivonescimab plus chemotherapy lived a median of about four months longer than those on a rival immunotherapy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Compared to standard chemotherapy, daraxonrasib nearly doubled overall survival from 6.7 months to 13.2 months after diagnosis.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

The drug, called mirvetuximab soravtansine, is a known as a "biological missile" as it delivers chemotherapy drugs direct to the cancerous tissue rather than to the whole body - reducing debilitating side-effects.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The man who catches a meningococcus is in considerably less danger for his life, even without chemotherapy, than meningococci with the bad luck to catch a man.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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