How to Use chemo in a Sentence
chemo
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That is the part that hit me the hardest — the idea of chemo.
—USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
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And still will in 2018, if his health holds through the chemo.
—Peter King, SI.com, 14 May 2018
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And the chemo knocks down the cancer for six months or so.
—Lisa Chase, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
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That has prompted many to turn to chemo to avoid the spread of the disease.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 3 June 2018
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In the hospital, the chemo and cancer left the dancer shaky.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Nov. 2021
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There’s no ringing the bell when you’re done with chemo.
—Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
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That's because the chemo is killing healthy cells along with the cancer ones.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
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For now, that means chemo twice a month and scans every few months.
—Kate Rockwood, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2018
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It's been a long slog of a year with chemo and treatments and losing my hair.
—Washington Post, 20 June 2021
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Tom was in New York having three hours of chemo, his arm in an IV.
—NBC News, 24 Jan. 2021
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The process starts with a patient putting on a tight frozen cap before chemo.
—Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2021
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Getting home in time for chemo The couple couldn't wait.
—Rebekah L. Sanders, azcentral, 22 Jan. 2020
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Has cannabis helped in your healing process with the chemo treatment?
—Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
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As a result of the chemo, Janz also lost all his then pale-blond hair.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 June 2022
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About 17% of women had high-risk scores and were advised to have chemo.
—Marilynn Marchione, latimes.com, 3 June 2018
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Back in the ’60s, Weigner points out, your cat wouldn’t have gotten chemo.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2022
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And his thick head of hair had proved impervious to the chemo.
—David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
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My aunt sat beside me while chemo pumped through my veins.
—Terri Wingham, https://www.inquirer.com, 6 June 2019
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Caspar watched the back of his head, sallow under the chemo fuzz.
—Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
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My sister had to quit her job to do chemo, and stayed in the hospital for 11 months.
—Alice Park, Time, 7 June 2018
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Following the surgery, Ford returned to the road and was able to treat the cancer spot with chemo drops.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2024
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Over the next two years, my mother and I sat next to him through 21 rounds of chemo, but the cancer still spread to his bones.
—Jessica Granger, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2020
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He was taken with a sense of optimism, which came and went as the chemo dragged on.
—Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 3 June 2023
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With a smile on his face, Carter eagerly rang the no-more-chemo bell as a crowd cheered him on.
—Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
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Plus, chemo can damage blood vessels.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Feb. 2026
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Tough days hit before the chemo did.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
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However, going through chemo at the same time bonded the two even more, Seifert says.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
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My wife had just started a new chemo medication.
—New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
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Hardstark Someone told us during a meet-and-greet that her doctor gave her permission to miss her first week of chemo to come to that show.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
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Next, the researchers plan to expand this chemo-dynamical approach to other bulge clusters.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
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