chemotherapy
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AstraZeneca AZN -2.12%decrease; red down pointing triangle said it is ending the Phase 3 trial of volrustomig plus chemotherapy for metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
In her previous post earlier this week, Davis revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer a year and a half ago but it had spread to her bones, leaving it "too late" for chemotherapy.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
She spent the last three years chronicling her daily life as a young person going through chemotherapy and living with cancer, with all its hopes, joys and struggles.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The findings, published in Nature Aging, suggest that cancer cells that remain after chemotherapy can communicate with nearby tumor cells and make them more likely to spread.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
I found out later that he had begun chemotherapy for his disease, and that one of the many side effects was nausea.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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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
Most of the genes they found that were essential to cell survival in low-glucose tumor environments were also involved in pyrimidine synthesis, a precise biological pathway targeted by many chemotherapies.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
When mixed with other nutrients, they can also be administerd alongside chemotherapies, the Times noted.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2024
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
The rationing of key chemotherapies added urgency to the crisis.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
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