chemotherapy
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She initially underwent a lumpectomy, then a mastectomy, as well as eight rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
This "inflamed but immune-suppressed" state is one reason chemotherapy and immunotherapy can be less effective.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
He battled it with chemotherapy and radiation, according to reporting from USA Today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Like bone-marrow transplantation, current Crispr-based treatment requires intensive chemotherapy and prolonged recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
And then I saw him as the adult who had drifted away, thin and frail, his face bony from the chemotherapy treatments.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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"When I failed the chemotherapies that were on the market, no one wanted me in their clinical trials," she said at the 2020 Republican National Convention.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The deal will expand Gilead’s capabilities in antibody-drug conjugates, or ADCs, which deliver powerful chemotherapies to cancerous cells without harming nearby cells.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Most of the genes they found that were essential to cell survival in low-glucose tumor environments were also involved in pyrimidine synthesis, a precise biological pathway targeted by many chemotherapies.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
When mixed with other nutrients, they can also be administerd alongside chemotherapies, the Times noted.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2024
Working with Valerie Kickhoefer in Rome’s lab, the group then found that the drug-resistant cancer cells generated many more vaults than nonresistant ones, suggesting the structures might sequester or expel chemotherapies.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 6, 2024
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