chemotherapy
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Unlike chemotherapy, which kills healthy and cancerous cells alike, these medicines essentially empower patients’ immune systems to correctly recognize and attack tumors.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
She announced in March 2024 that she had been diganosed with cancer, without revealing which type and that she had begun chemotherapy.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Collins was being treated with a drug called Avastin to slow the tumour's growth, and had been travelling to Singapore for a targeted form of chemotherapy.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Chemo is a big pain if you’re delivering a drug, a chemotherapy, a chemical poison to your tumors, but it’s also hitting all of your own body’s ability to grow tissue.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
When a child is on as many heavy-duty chemotherapy drugs as Jeffrey is, the liver takes a beating.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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iatr (healing); therap (medical treatment)
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