chemotherapy
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The drug, called mirvetuximab soravtansine, is a known as a "biological missile" as it delivers chemotherapy drugs direct to the cancerous tissue rather than to the whole body - reducing debilitating side-effects.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Faced with the prospect of losing it through chemotherapy, she asked her brother to shave it off for her.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
It is made from a deadly chemotherapy drug that has been fused to an antibody, similar to the ones the body uses to fight infection.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Competition in the market for drugs to treat ovarian cancer resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy is heating up, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 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
Vocabulary lists containing chemotherapy
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iatr (healing); therap (medical treatment)
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