chemotherapy
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For example, acute myeloid leukemia—the disease that afflicted Kennedy family member Tatiana Schlossberg before she died in December—remains among the hardest to cure, frequently recurring despite intensive chemotherapy and transplantation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
She is now undergoing chemotherapy at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
When the economy slows, people don’t skip chemotherapy.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Targeted therapies have already reshaped cancer care by directing drugs straight to tumors, helping reduce damage to healthy cells and easing harsh side effects linked to chemotherapy.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 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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iatr (healing); therap (medical treatment)
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