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chemotherapy

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


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Chemotherapy and immunotherapy didn’t work, she said, and doctor appointments, therapy and insurance issues took precedence over home repairs.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Chemotherapy was an option; it would almost certainly fail but give us six months and the vet would tell us if he began suffering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Chemotherapy given either before or after surgery provides only a minimal survival benefit.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

Chemotherapy treatment also didn’t help, but he had to sell his house to help cover the medical bills, he said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2024

"Chemotherapy ravaged the body and tainted the mind just as the cancer against which its debilitating powers were supposedly aimed."

From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann




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