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Chemotherapy

What is chemotherapy?
Chemotherapy (also referred to as cyto-toxic therapy) is treatment with medicines, given orally or by injection into the blood stream, to fight the growth of cancer cells by interfering with cell division. With certain limitations, the drug goes to all parts of the body to treat cancer in any location.



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