chemo
chemotherapy or a chemotherapy treatment.
Origin of chemo
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Other definitions for chemo- (2 of 2)
a combining form with the meanings “chemical,” “chemically induced,” “chemistry,” used in the formation of compound words: chemotherapy.
Origin of chemo-
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How to use chemo in a sentence
One of the early studies showed 40 percent improvements in three-year survival rates compared to standard chemo.
When To Stop Hoping For a COVID-19 Miracle Cure | Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 4, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightOnly unlike real patients, the organoids can be subjected to all sorts of harsh experiments to zero in on the precise chemo cocktails that destroy them in the best possible way.
The chemo drugs used to treat it haven’t changed in 40 years, Plenker says.
For example, chemo might destroy the tumor’s outer cell layer, but the inner ones can develop resistance, so where single cells may die, a 3D mass will bounce back.
My immune system responded poorly to chemo, so the therapy had dragged on for an additional six months.
My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis. A doctor just told me I was misdiagnosed. | Jeff Henigson | March 26, 2021 | Washington Post
At the time that sounded like a great idea, but I was also about to start chemo and so that idea was temporarily put on hold.
“I would sit with her and talk while she was in chemo at UCLA,” he says.
Oh Yes, He’s The Great Connector: Jason Hirschhorn’s Expertly Curated World | Lloyd Grove | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe goes to the hospital practically every day for what he called a quick shot of chemo.
Can America’s Favorite Ex-Con Mayor Win Again? | David Freedlander | June 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer body was being destroyed by chemo and I became devoted to helping her.
Ricki Lake: The ‘Weed the People’ Filmmaker on Why We Should Legalize Marijuana | Ricki Lake | May 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter surgery, the patients all received the standard therapy of chemo, radiotherapy and endocrine therapy.
British Dictionary definitions for chemo (1 of 2)
/ (ˈkiːməʊ) /
informal short for chemotherapy
British Dictionary definitions for chemo- (2 of 2)
indicating that chemicals or chemical reactions are involved: chemotherapy
Origin of chemo-
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