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chemotherapy

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


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Participants received standard chemotherapy either alone or in combination with paricalcitol, a vitamin D analog already approved by the FDA for other medical uses.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Researchers suspect that some cancer cells may use this backup pathway to survive chemotherapy, radiation therapy or immune therapy.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

The test, which is used by doctors to diagnose which type of tumour a patient has, should mean patients can start treatment including radiotherapy and chemotherapy sooner, and are spared weeks of uncertainty.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

That some people might stop taking insulin or pursuing chemotherapy, or that other desperate people would be given false hope?

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 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

"When I failed the chemotherapies that were on the market, no one wanted me in their clinical trials," she said at the 2020 Republican National Convention.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

The deal will expand Gilead’s capabilities in antibody-drug conjugates, or ADCs, which deliver powerful chemotherapies to cancerous cells without harming nearby cells.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

Working with Valerie Kickhoefer in Rome’s lab, the group then found that the drug-resistant cancer cells generated many more vaults than nonresistant ones, suggesting the structures might sequester or expel chemotherapies.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 6, 2024

Most chemotherapies work by disrupting this DNA replication machinery in rapidly dividing tumor cells.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

We started to have steroids, we started to have the wide availability of antibiotics, we started to have effective chemotherapies, we started to have drugs which were really effective in various mental health issues.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023




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