Term

chemotherapy

Treatment of cancer with drugs that suppress the growth of tumor cells. A common side effect of this treatment is hair loss.

The Gift of Therapy, Irvin D. Yalom

Explained in

• The Gift of Therapy, Irvin D. Yalom
• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Siddhartha Mukherjee

  Treating cancer with drugs that kill fast-dividing cells or stop them from dividing.

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