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chemotherapy

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


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Neill, 78, said in a weekend interview he had lived with the blood cancer for about five years but his chemotherapy treatment eventually stopped working.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Surgery and chemotherapy could not stop his tumour and Bradley died with his dog Buster by his side.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

All of the women underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy, a treatment given before surgery to shrink tumors and make them easier to remove.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

His left eye was removed two months later, while the remaining cancer was treated with systemic chemotherapy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 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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