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chemotherapy

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


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Median overall survival was 13.2 months with daraxonrasib, which patients took orally once a day, versus 6.7 months with chemotherapy.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

In 2020, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg waited more than four months to announce that she was undergoing chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He started chemotherapy soon after the February podcast was recorded and was getting white blood cell injections to help boost his immune system.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Although it often responds well to chemotherapy at first, that success is usually short lived.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

This is the genuinely decisive technology of modern medicine, exemplified best by modern methods for immunization against diphtheria, pertussis, and the childhood virus diseases, and the contemporary use of antibiotics and chemotherapy for bacterial infections.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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