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chemotherapy

Treatment with drugs that kill cancer cells. … [Read more...]

chemotherapeutic agent

A drug used to treat cancer. … [Read more...]

chemosensitivity assay

A laboratory test that measures the number of tumor cells that are killed by a cancer drug. The test is done after the tumor cells are removed from the body. A … [Read more...]

chemosensitizer

A drug that makes tumor cells more sensitive to the effects of chemotherapy. … [Read more...]

chemosensitivity

The susceptibility of tumor cells to the cell-killing effects of anticancer drugs. … [Read more...]

chemoradiotherapy

Treatment that combines chemotherapy with radiation therapy. Also called chemoradiation. … [Read more...]

chemoradiation

Treatment that combines chemotherapy with radiation therapy. Also called chemoradiotherapy. … [Read more...]

chemoprevention study

In cancer prevention, a clinical trial that studies whether taking certain medicines, vitamins, minerals, or food supplements can prevent cancer. Also called … [Read more...]

chemoprotective

A quality of some drugs used in cancer treatment. Chemoprotective agents protect healthy tissue from the toxic effects of anticancer drugs. … [Read more...]

chemoprevention

The use of drugs, vitamins, or other agents to try to reduce the risk of, or delay the development or recurrence of, cancer. … [Read more...]