How to Use chemotherapy in a Sentence

chemotherapy

noun
  • At the same time, Janz had to undergo chemotherapy to destroy the rest of the faulty cells.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 June 2022
  • There is a chance — a good enough chance — that the chemotherapy will be effective.
    Eldiara Doucette, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Bulky IVs of high-dose chemotherapy pumped through my veins for nearly a year.
    Maria Yogoda, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2024
  • With the chemotherapy now done, Yaneli will have to return to the hospital for the hip surgeries.
    Maya Miller, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • Keyes used the patches and a slue of other opiate prescriptions to soothe the pain from the chemotherapy.
    Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2021
  • After my first round of chemotherapy, my throat closed up.
    Rachel S. Hunt, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
  • There are all kinds of ways of being in this world, and one of them is living while going through chemotherapy.
    Anna Holmes, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The month-long cycle of heavy-duty chemotherapy did its job.
    Dom Amore, courant.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • He is being treated with a single-use chemotherapy drug and oral steroids, the zoo said.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The celebrity chef has so far completed six weeks of chemotherapy, with many more to go.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 31 July 2024
  • 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
  • Two rounds of chemotherapy didn’t slow the growth, and the tumor began to push against his leg structure, the agony unbearable.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The chemotherapy was done in three-week cycles – the first week would be three days of treatment, the following week would be one day, and then a week off.
    Chris Iseman, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Matt fought not just the cancer, but the effects of chemotherapy and other treatment.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • It’s one of the most important parts of the ALL chemotherapy regimen.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Still, in the early going of eight chemotherapy treatments, there are rough days.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2022
  • After a couple of months, the chemotherapy couldn’t hold back the cancer anymore.
    Olivia Jordan Cornelius, Outside Online, 15 July 2024
  • Robin Roberts appeared in the episode that discussed the impact of chemotherapy on Audrey and her doll, Hannah.
    Karen Idelson, Variety, 15 June 2022
  • That same year, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which led to surgery and chemotherapy.
    Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Thompson had surgery to remove the mass and underwent five months of chemotherapy.
    The Indianapolis Star, 31 Aug. 2023
  • John had one boy with the coronavirus who had also just been through chemotherapy.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2021
  • She is scheduled for surgery soon and then will begin chemotherapy.
    Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The chemotherapy treating the cancer in my lungs and liver had stopped working after a year.
    Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Improves Nausea and Digestive Health Ginger has been used for years to treat nausea from chemotherapy, morning sickness, surgery, and motion sickness.
    Lindsey Desoto, Health, 25 Feb. 2025

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