The term that usually describes the use of drugs to treat cancer but which may also describe the use of antibiotics to treat infectious diseases. Chemotherapy works by destroying bacteria or cancer cells or by preventing them from multiplying. Cancer chemotherapy drugs may also have effects on normal tissue such as bone marrow, the intestinal lining, the hair follicles, the ovaries and testes, and the mouth, sometimes causing severe side effects.
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