How to Use chemotherapy in a Sentence

chemotherapy

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  • But despite two rounds of chemotherapy, the cancer had spread to the other lung.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Each had 2½ years of chemotherapy with six months of overlap.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023
  • The goal of chemotherapy is to kill the cancer cells while (barely) keeping the patient alive.
    — Vijay Pande, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
  • If my lymph nodes were cancer-free, I’d be cleared to skip chemotherapy.
    — Alexis Berger, SELF, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Over the past four months, chemotherapy has shrunk most of the tumors that spread rampantly through Jesse’s body.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 8 Feb. 2023
  • In the weeks before her death, her mother had a full course of chemotherapy and was fatigued.
    — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • After a chemotherapy session, the patient collapsed on the street, cracking open his head on the curb.
    — Sunita Puri, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Matt fought not just the cancer, but the effects of chemotherapy and other treatment.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Thompson had surgery to remove the mass and underwent five months of chemotherapy.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Olivia Crudup said the sound of a horn would especially hurt Hannah’s ears since they have been damaged from the chemotherapy.
    — Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Mahon said that the chemotherapy has stopped working and her tumor is now spreading across her brain.
    — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Created in 1998, cold caps work by cooling the scalp and constricting blood flow to the root, with the hopes of limiting the amount of chemotherapy actives that reach the hair.
    — Tayler Adigun, Essence, 31 Oct. 2023
  • At that point, doctors must clear the patient’s marrow with intensive chemotherapy to make way for the new cells.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The study found that the group who got the additional chemotherapy survived longer, on average.
    — Dr. Daniel A. Carnegie, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Another scar on his chest is from his chemotherapy port.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Here's what to know about how chemotherapy works for lupus and other treatment options.
    — Ashley Abramson, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
  • There will still be some charges for things like chemotherapy infusion and lab fees, OHSU officials said.
    — oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Over that span, Ramie has undergone months of chemotherapy, liver surgery, and a full liver transplant.
    — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • First, stem cells were removed from Lubin's bone marrow and he was given chemotherapy to help wipe out the abnormal cells.
    — Jon Lapook, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • In March of 2022, after five months of intensive chemotherapy, McAlevey received a stem-cell transplant.
    — Eleni Schirmer, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Plus, folks on Accutane and those going through chemotherapy love the soothing benefits of this pick.
    — Daley Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
  • These books turned out to be much more illuminating and relevant than the chemotherapy book.
    — Michael W. Clune, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Apr. 2023
  • The lovely pup was also found to have tick fever, which was resolved with medication, and a form of tumor that was resolved with chemotherapy.
    — The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2023
  • While that’s happening, patients are given chemotherapy to clear out their immune cells to make room for the billions of new melanoma-fighting TIL cells.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • She was prescribed a course of 12 biweekly sessions of chemotherapy.
    — Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • After Raskin’s third round of chemotherapy, his large mass disappeared.
    — Andrea Stanley, Men's Health, 21 June 2023
  • But 13 days into chemotherapy, her heart stopped beating.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
  • She was given dashes of hope − the tumor was shrinking after chemotherapy.
    — Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY, 30 July 2023
  • The White House unveiled a list of 48 drugs — from chemotherapy treatments to growth hormones used to treat endocrine disorders — whose prices increased faster than the rate of inflation this year.
    — Amanda Seitz, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2023
  • That would eliminate the need for a transplant procedure and the chemotherapy that accompanies it.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 7 Mar. 2023

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