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chemotherapy

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


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The study enrolled 86 cancer patients receiving chemotherapy who reported cognitive difficulties.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

"This is one of the first studies specifically designed to assess these interventions for cancer-related cognitive impairment during chemotherapy in patients with multiple diseases using both performance-based cognitive assessments and patient-reported outcomes."

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Even taking a boy to chemotherapy sessions may, as the story suggests, spark envy and resentment in the brother who gets left at home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The Princess of Wales has hugged and congratulated a young mother celebrating the completion of her course of chemotherapy.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The man who catches a meningococcus is in considerably less danger for his life, even without chemotherapy, than meningococci with the bad luck to catch a man.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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