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Understanding chemotherapy
Being prepared and understanding what chemotherapy is can help lessen some of the stress surrounding your treatment. This fact sheet has been prepared to help you understand more about chemotherapy, a treatment offered to some people with cancer.
- Organisation:
- Cancer Council
- Topic:
- Cancer
- Target audience:
- General
- Service area:
- National
- Published:
- July 2025
- Last reviewed:
- August 2025
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Understanding chemotherapy
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