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chemotherapy

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


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He started chemotherapy soon after the February podcast was recorded and was getting white blood cell injections to help boost his immune system.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Having tried chemotherapy, standard immunotherapy and surgery, costs were mounting and Conyngham wanted more options.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

It’s what gets us through our surgeries, chemotherapy sessions, and surveillance scans.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

Schilling had been flying between Australia and the UK to film for the past two years while also going through chemotherapy, Brunson explained.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

This is the genuinely decisive technology of modern medicine, exemplified best by modern methods for immunization against diphtheria, pertussis, and the childhood virus diseases, and the contemporary use of antibiotics and chemotherapy for bacterial infections.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas