chemotherapy
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Treatments such as chemotherapy, ovarian suppression and endocrine therapies can trigger an early extreme complex menopause or cause menopause-like symptoms, including hot flushes, sleep problems, joint pain, fatigue, low mood and changes to sexual health.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Although such treatments would require further development and testing for rhabdomyosarcoma, they could eventually offer a more precise alternative to conventional chemotherapy, potentially reducing damage to healthy tissues.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
“It demonstrates that we can continue to bring antibody-drug conjugates into areas where classic chemotherapy has historically been the standard of care,” the head of AstraZeneca’s oncology business, David Fredrickson, said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Jett was last seen Jan. 14, 2024, when she went to a chemotherapy session to treat her cancer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
A girl named Rose says, “Well, because of her cells the medical field had major breakthroughs, like the polio vaccine, chemotherapy, and the creation of drugs that treat leukemia, influenza, and Parkinson’s disease.”
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
"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
This approach has been shown to result in better outcomes for patients, but it is not widely used for chemotherapies such as 5-fluorouracil.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 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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