How to Use chemo in a Sentence

chemo

noun

• Then there are people on chemo for five, six or seven years.
  — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 26 May 2017
• After the second round of chemo, his hopes had dimmed somewhat.
  — Charles Fleming, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
• Now that I'm done with chemo and radiation, the waiting game is here.
  — Nardine Saad, latimes.com, 1 May 2017
• Some terminal patients keep chasing hope through round after round of chemo.
  — Jon Mooallem, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2017
• People have told her the Abuela videos have even helped them through other tough times like during chemo treatments or breakups.
  — Victoria Moll-Ramírez, NBC News, 12 May 2017
• Paley was eighty-four, undergoing chemo for breast cancer.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017
• When a first round of chemo did nothing, doctors told him his chances of beating the tumor were less than 20 percent.
  — Katherine Long, The Seattle Times, 10 June 2017
• Unlike other side effects, such as hair loss and diarrhea, the nerve damage doesn't end when the chemo ends, Grothey said.
  — Laurie McGinley, Washington Post, 4 June 2017
• Six weeks ago, and on advice from his doctors, Singleton made the tough decision to go off chemo and into hospice care.
  — NOLA.com, 22 May 2017
• Doctors caught his cancer late – meaning an abnormally large, aggressive dose of chemo awaited him.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
• That drug is sodium bicarbonate solution, aka baking soda, which is used in chemo regimens, as a poison antidote, and to help patients whose blood has veered into acidic ranges, among other uses.
  — Jenn Gidman, Fox News, 23 May 2017
• That is the part that hit me the hardest — the idea of chemo.
  — USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
• And still will in 2018, if his health holds through the chemo.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 14 May 2018
• That has prompted many to turn to chemo to avoid the spread of the disease.
  — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 3 June 2018
• In the hospital, the chemo and cancer left the dancer shaky.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Nov. 2021
• There’s no ringing the bell when you’re done with chemo.
  — Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
• That's because the chemo is killing healthy cells along with the cancer ones.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
• For now, that means chemo twice a month and scans every few months.
  — Kate Rockwood, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2018
• It's been a long slog of a year with chemo and treatments and losing my hair.
  — Washington Post, 20 June 2021
• Tom was in New York having three hours of chemo, his arm in an IV.
  — NBC News, 24 Jan. 2021
• The process starts with a patient putting on a tight frozen cap before chemo.
  — Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2021
• Getting home in time for chemo The couple couldn't wait.
  — Rebekah L. Sanders, azcentral, 22 Jan. 2020
• Has cannabis helped in your healing process with the chemo treatment?
  — Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• As a result of the chemo, Janz also lost all his then pale-blond hair.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 June 2022
• About 17% of women had high-risk scores and were advised to have chemo.
  — Marilynn Marchione, latimes.com, 3 June 2018
• Back in the ’60s, Weigner points out, your cat wouldn’t have gotten chemo.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2022
• And his thick head of hair had proved impervious to the chemo.
  — David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
• My aunt sat beside me while chemo pumped through my veins.
  — Terri Wingham, https://www.inquirer.com, 6 June 2019
• My sister had to quit her job to do chemo, and stayed in the hospital for 11 months.
  — Alice Park, Time, 7 June 2018
• She is scheduled to be done with chemo later this month.
  — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024