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chemotherapy

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


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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

Doctors focused on using immune-suppressing drugs, adjusting chemotherapy and radiation doses, and fine-tuning donor cell infusions, allowing donor immune cells to fight disease without overwhelming the patient.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Revolution Medicines reported last week that patients who took its small molecule pill daraxonrasib lived a median of 13.2 months, compared to 6.7 months for those who received chemotherapy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

And then I saw him as the adult who had drifted away, thin and frail, his face bony from the chemotherapy treatments.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom




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